The Electoral Commission has advised the general public to disregard a video circulating on social media that suggests a man stuffing ballot papers into a box following the Ejisu by-election.

The communiqué from the commission signed by the Deputy Chairman, Operations, Mr. Samuel Tettey, on 2nd May, 2024, noted that the said video has nothing to do with the operations of Ghana’s Electoral commission let alone the Ejisu by-election.

Highlighting some key indicators to prove that the said video is meant to propagate falsehood, the Electoral Commission said, "the vest the Ghana Electoral Commission uses for its operations is blue. The official in the video is wearing a green vest. The second person seen in the video is wearing an orange vest. As stated, the Electoral Commission of Ghana uses a blue vest for its Operation Staff."

Secondly, "the Electoral Commission of Ghana’s Polling Stations are cited in open spaces but the Polling Station in the video is in an enclosed area."

The Electoral Commission further stated that, "each polling station at the Ejisu constituency had at least Six Police Officers in addition to the Agents of the various candidates. This electoral architecture is contrary to the one circulating on social media, according to the Electoral Commission.  

Samuel Tettey stated, "All the ballot boxes of the Electoral Commission of Ghana are labelled according to the name and code of the each polling station. The labels are boldly pasted on the ballot box. The ballot box in the video is not labelled.’’

The Commission, by their release noted that each polling station in the Ejisu constituency had only one ballot box. In the video circulating on social media, there were two ballot boxes at the said polling stations.

The Commission has therefore urged the general public to disregard the video.

According to the Electoral Commission, the video is simply aimed at tarnishing the image and credibility of Ghana’s Electoral Commission.

"The events in the video did not occur in Ghana. It has nothing to do with the Electoral Commission of Ghana.

"In this era of misinformation and disinformation, we entreat the public to cross-check information with the commission so as to ascertain then truth," the Commission stressed.