{"id":1569,"date":"2018-12-28T19:10:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2018-12-30T05:48:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T05:48:16","slug":"ec-to-probe-referendum-rigging-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/28\/ec-to-probe-referendum-rigging-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"EC to probe Referendum rigging allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\n Electoral Commission (EC) says it is investigating allegations of vote \nrigging in the just ended historic Referendum on the creation of six new\n regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission has vowed not to shield any of its staff found culpable and is asking the public to provide any evidence they may have to the police.It follows the emergence of videos showing some supposed commission staff engaged in ballot stuffing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the videos circulating on social media, the supposed EC official is seen thumb printing ballot papers one after the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/franklin.cudjoe\/videos\/10156674094717349\/?t=14\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In\n a statement copied to Joy News, the EC said its attention&nbsp;\u201chas been \ndrawn to some videos circulating on social media, alleging wrongdoing \nduring the just ended Referendum exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe\n Electoral Commission has contacted its regional officers and the \nSecurity Agencies to verify the authenticity or otherwise of the \nvideos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a copy of the statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"757\" data-attachment-id=\"1571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/28\/ec-to-probe-referendum-rigging-allegations\/ec-statement\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ec-statement.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,757\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ec statement\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ec-statement-238x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ec-statement.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ec-statement.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ec-statement.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ec-statement-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>credit:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/politics\/2018\/December-28th\/ec-to-probe-referendum-rigging-allegations.php\"> myjoyonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is investigating allegations of vote rigging in the just ended historic Referendum on the creation of six new regions. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/28\/ec-to-probe-referendum-rigging-allegations\/\" title=\"EC to probe Referendum rigging allegations\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[88,307,310],"class_list":["post-1569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ec","tag-jean-mensa","tag-referendum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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