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| Mass turnout in Ghana elections |
| 2008-12-08 |
| Voter turnout in Ghana's presidential polls has been high as Ghanaians voted for a successor to the incumbent President John Kufuor. "Voter turnout is going to be very high. I should expect a higher number than we saw in the last elections because I could see this one is very competitive," Electoral Commission Chairman Kwadwo Afari-Gyan said. Turnout in the last 2004 election was a record 85%. An estimated 12.4 million registered voters - roughly half the country's whole population - are voting for a candidate to succeed President John Kufuor, who is stepping down after two terms as required by law, The Associated Press reported. Although eight names are on the ballot, the race is really between Kufuor's chosen successor, Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition leader John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). |
| Posted by:Fred |