The Electoral Commission (EC), has described as fake a notice of poll for the upcoming Kumawu by-election on social media.
A notice of poll with two independent candidates wearing kente cloth with each having a symbol of a bird has been circulating on the internet. But the EC in a statement said a draft poll notice, bearing the photograph of the independent candidates with similar names, attires and symbols was prepared and submitted to the Commission for approval from the district office.
According to the statement, this was neither approved nor gazette.
The statement said the Commission applied the Public Elections Regulations and assigned the second independent candidate a hoe as his symbol after he refused to heed advice to change his symbol.
This is also because he was the last to submit his Nomination Form.
The Commission said it had to apply Regulation 14(1) (b) and (c) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020, C.I. 127 to resolve the problem. The Kumawu by-election comes off on Tuesday, May 23.
