EC to review CI 127, introduce dedicated portal for transmitting election results

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is taking steps to strengthen the transmission and management of election results by reviewing Constitutional Instrument 127 (CI 127), which governs the conduct of general elections.

The Commission also plans to introduce a dedicated electronic portal through which scanned copies of election results can be transmitted to improve the security and management of results.

Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Samuel Dottoh Kwaah, disclosed this on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, during an inter-party dialogue organised by the National Peace Council in Accra.

Mr Kwaah said the proposed measures were part of efforts to address challenges encountered during the 2024 general elections and improve the electoral process ahead of future polls.

He explained that one of the key areas under review was the management and transmission of results from collation centres, particularly concerns surrounding the handling and disruption of ballot papers and result sheets.

“There’s a need to address some of the challenges from now on. In addressing some of these challenges, we have to come out with certain policies and plans to ensure that we don’t entertain what happened in 2024,” he said.

According to him, the absence of a dedicated platform for transmitting scanned copies of results contributed to some of the difficulties encountered during the 2024 elections.

“The first thing will start from the collation centres on the way and manner people disrupt ballot papers and result forms because at that time we didn’t have a portal where the scanned results could be sent,” he added.

Mr Kwaah said the EC intends to establish a dedicated portal for the electronic transmission of scanned results while retaining the physical result sheets as part of the electoral process.

“Going forward, the Commission plans to ensure that scanned results will be sent to a dedicated portal. When that happens, there’s a need to review C.I. 127, which regulates the conduct of general elections,” he said.

He assured political parties that they would be given an opportunity to contribute to the review once the Commission finalises its proposals.

“We’ll invite the political parties to come up with their inputs once the Commission has finalised the review of the C.I. The physical results will be maintained,” Mr Kwaah said.