One person has been arrested in Shama in the Western Region for taking shots of his ballot paper while casting his vote.
The man who is believed to be in his early twenties was arrested at the Shama DA Forecourt B polling station in the Western Region
The suspect is currently at the Shama Police station assisting police in investigations.
Prior to the elections, the Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, said persons who take picture’s of their ballot papers violates the principles governing the electoral process.
He added that an individual commits an offence by telling others the party he voted and sharing photos of ballot papers as it breaches the secrecy of the ballot.
“If you finish and you tell people who you voted for, that is fine, but it is an offence for you to take photos of it and be showing it to people. It breaches the secrecy of the ballot. In the view of the law you can be arrested,” he said at a press conference.
Voting is currently underway across the country the 275 constituencies to elect the next president of the Republic of Ghana as well as Members of parliament to represent the various constituencies in the country.
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