Aspiring Independent Presidential and Parliamentary candidates for the 2024 general Elections have been directed to contact the Electoral Commission (EC) for a passcode.
This passcode, it said, will enable the candidates to download their nomination forms on its website.
“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that all Prospective Candidates who wish to contest the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections as Independent Candidates should contact the Commission for a Passcode,” it said in a statement.
Nominations will open on August 2, 2024, while submission of completed forms will begin on August 9 and end on September 13.
Form for Presidential candidates is pegged at GHc100,000 and will be paid by banker’s draft and submitted alongside the forms, the Commission noted.
It however noted that female candidates and persons with disability will pay GHc75,000.
Meanwhile, male Parliamentary candidates are to pay Ghc10,000 while female candidates will pay Ghc7,500 by Bankers draft to the Commission when submitting their nomination forms.
Source:opemsuo.com