What is it about?
The paper examines how undertaking periodic and necessary electoral reforms enhances the democratic consolidation. It outlines some of the reforms that the Ghanaian EC has undertaken since its inception and explains how these reforms have been useful to the elections in Ghana.
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Why is it important?
Existing literature on Ghana’s democratic consolidation focuses mainly on ensuring fundamental human rights and creating the necessary platform for citizens political participation neglecting the critical role the Electoral Commission of Ghana plays. This paper thus focuses on the EC's role in enhancing democratic consolidation.
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It is the author's desire that people will take a keen interest in the work of various election management bodies (EMBs). These bodies, might hold the key to preventing and resolving some unnecessary election-related conflicts. This would mean that people contribute meaningfully to expected electoral reforms in diverse ways.
Dr. Thomas Prehi Botchway
University of Education, Winneba
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This page is a summary of: Electoral Reforms and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana: An Analysis of the Role of the Electoral Commission in the Fourth Republic (1992-2016), Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, February 2018, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/arjass/2018/39607.
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