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The National Democratic Institute
Cordially Invites You To

Ghana's 2012 Elections:

Domestic Election Observation and Innovative
Information and Communication Technologies

_with_

DR. FRANKLIN ODURO
Head of Research and Programs and Deputy Director,
Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)

Richard Klein
Senior Advisor, Elections and Political Processes, NDI

CHRIS DOTEN
Program Manager, Information and Communication Technology, NDI

_moderated by _

CHRIS FOMUNYOH
Senior Associate and Director for Central and West Africa, NDI

THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1:30 \u2013 3 P.M.

National Democratic Institute
455 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C.

On Dec. 7, Ghanaians went to the polls to elect a president and 275
members of parliament. With a turnout of nearly 80 percent, incumbent
President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress
(NDC) won with 50.7 percent of the vote against main challenger Nana
Akufo-Addo of the National People's Party (NPP), who garnered 47.74
percent. Credible domestic and international observation groups said
that while there were some challenges, the overall conduct of the
election met national, regional and international standards. The NPP
has alleged that there were irregularities in the voting and counting
processes and has petitioned the nation's Supreme Court to overturn
the result of the presidential race.

The Coalition for Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Ghana's
largest independent, nonpartisan domestic election observation
coalition, deployed approximately 4,500 observers to polling stations
in all 275 constituencies across the country. With technical
assistance from NDI, CODEO undertook a parallel vote tabulation (PVT)
to provide Ghanaians with systematic, comprehensive information on the
conduct of the polls as well as to verify independently the results of
the presidential election.

Panelists will examine the 2012 Ghana elections and discuss CODEO's
PVT initiative and innovative ways in which information communication
technologies, such as social media, radio, and sophisticated maps,
were used to communicate crucial information on the election process
to the public.

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worldwide by promoting citizen participation, openness and
accountability in government.

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