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NPP gave us go-ahead to use logo on parliamentary ballot sheets - EC
Confusion broke out on Monday at the Electoral Commission’s office in the Ashanti region following the refusal of the NPP’s regional chairman to accept the parliamentary ballot papers sent to the region.
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The ballots for the region arrived in Kumasi Sunday night and the representatives of the various parties gathered to assess them on Monday morning.
But the NPP regional chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako said the ballot did not have NPP initials printed on it as the other parties have.
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According to him, apart from the logo printed on the ballot paper, there is no indication of the party to which the logo belongs.
But commenting on the matter, the Electoral Commission said the NPP has no basis to raise concerns after the printing process as the party sanctioned the logo used on the ballot sheets.
“For the Parliamentary Notice of Polls and Ballot Sheets, the New Patriotic Party specifically indicated their satisfaction with the logo as processed for printing.“During the printing process, not only did the party have its representatives at the printing houses at all material times, high ranking officers of the party visited the printing houses regularly to monitor the process. At no point did they raise any objections about the NPP’s logo as it was being printed,” the EC said in a statement.
Below is the full statement from the EC:
CLARIFICATION: POLITICAL PARTY LOGO ON BALLOT SHEETSThe Commission’s attention has been drawn to reports in sections of the media suggesting that the Commission had printed a ‘wrong logo’ for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the Parliamentary ballot sheets. We would like to place on the records that the claim is entirely inaccurate.Below are the facts: 1. All Political Parties participating in this year’s elections worked closely with the Commission’s Directorate of Electoral Services to agree on the acceptable logo for their parties to be printed on the Notice of Polls and the ballots sheets.2. For the Parliamentary Notice of Polls and Ballot Sheets, the New Patriotic Party specifically indicated their satisfaction with the logo as processed for printing. 3. During the printing process, not only did the party have its representatives at the printing houses at all material times, high ranking officers of the party visited the printing houses regularly to monitor the process. At no point did they raise any objections about the NPP’s logo as it was being printed. 4. For the avoidance of doubt, we have added the NPP’s official logo as it appears on the party’s letterheads. It is clear from the pictures that the party uses these two versions of their logo interchangeably. Both do not include the party’s acronym as now being claimed.5. We would like to further place on the record that it is only for the Presidential Ballot that the NPP has specifically requested that its acronym should be added to the logo, and that has been done.6. Therefore, it cannot be accurate that the Commission committed any design or printing errors as being speculated or claimed.Thank you.Signed:ERIC KOFI DZAKPASUHead of Communications
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