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CODEO TO DEPLOY APPROXIMATELY 4,000 OBSERVERS AND CONDUCT PVT FOR PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF ELECTION

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Theodore Dzeble

CODEO Public Affairs Coordinator

+233 (0)244215736

press@codeogh.org

 

Accra, Ghana, 27 December 2008

 

 

CODEO to Deploy Approximately 4,000 Observers and Conduct PVT for Presidential Runoff Election

 

 

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) will deploy approximately 4,000 observers and conduct a parallel vote tabulation (PVT) for the presidential runoff election on Sunday December 28, 2008.

 

The runoff election will be between Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Professor John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as no clear winner emerged from the presidential election held on December 7, 2008.

 

CODEO observers will be present in all 230 constituencies and will include over 1,000 rapid response observers (RROs) deployed to a representative random sample of polling stations who will send in reports throughout election day via text messages (SMS) using mobile phones.

 

CODEO Co-Chair Professor Miranda Greenstreet stated “The deployment of thousands of non-partisan local observers to polling stations will help ensure all Ghanaians are able to exercise their right to vote and give confidence to the public and political contestants that the elections were conducted properly.”

 

CODEO will again conduct a PVT for the presidential runoff election. This is an advanced monitoring methodology that will enable CODEO to verify the accuracy of the official results as announced by the Electoral Commission. For the presidential elections of December 7, 2008 the PVT estimates closely match the official results confirming the need for a runoff election.

 

“The PVT help ensure that the official results accurately reflect how Ghanaians voted on election day. CODEO calls on all eligible Ghanaians to go out and vote.” stated CODEO Co-Chair Professor Miranda Greenstreet.

 

CODEO is comprised of 34 civil society professional and religious bodies. It was formed in May 2000 by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) with the sole purpose of recruiting, training and deploying local observers for general elections in Ghana.

 

More information and the complete text of the December 27, 2008 CODEO pre runoff election press statement are available at http://codeogh.org.

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CODEO Presents Election Day Observation Activities and Opens Observation Center

On Saturday, 6 December 2008, the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Ghana’s premier election monitoring network, will present its observation plan and will unveil a state-of-the-art Observation Center for the December 7th General Elections at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center. CODEO will also provide an overview of its  pre-election monitoring  to stakeholders.

The event provides an excellent opportunity for the media, civil society groups, diplomatic missions, observer missions, donor partners etc to receive answers to elections-related questions.

Where? Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center, near the Military Academy, Teshie Nungua. Directions to the Kofo Annan Center are here.

When? Saturday, December 6, 10:30 am

Background: CODEO is a federation of thirty-four independent and non-partisan civil society organizations united to safeguard the rights of Ghanaian citizens by promoting free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections. CODEO has observed every election in Ghana since 2000 and is the largest  election observation coalition in Ghana. For the 2008 General Election, CODEO has already monitored the registration exercise, exhibition of the voters’ register, political party primaries and campaigns,  civic education and peace initiatives that were undertaken by the National Commission for Civic Education  (NCCE ) and civil society actors.

Contact:

Theodore Dzeble
CODEO Public Affairs Coordinator
+233 (0)244215736
press@codeogh.org

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