There was brief stint of chaos at the Sacred Heart Senior High School in the Odododiodio constituency after a delegate assaulted an Electoral Commission official during the polls Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The man who wanted to cast a proxy vote (voting on behalf of a delegate) was prevented by the EC official, prompting a punch in the face of the official.<\/p>\n
But for the swift intervention of the police on the grounds, the fight would have escalated.<\/p>\n
District Electoral Officer, Ashiedu Keteke, who spoke to ghanaweb.com, explained that the delegate was stopped because he did not follow due process. To avoid a repeat of the same he said, candidates have duly been informed about the details of proxy voting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man who came in did not go through the right procedure. He should have identified himself as a proxy voter then the EC official would have taken him through the process.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aspirant\u2019s agents complained that they were not aware that there was proxy voting elections. But we have explained to the delegates that the voting will be exercised,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n
The election which is currently underway at the Sacred Heart SHS is expected to receive 913 delegates including Council of Elders, Council of patrons, constituency executives and coordinators.<\/p>\n
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source: ghanaweb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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