The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has said its independently-collated results of the presidential and parliamentary election are consistent with that of the Electoral Commission (EC).
This was disclosed in CODEO’s report on the general elections.
“Given that the official result announced by the Electoral Commission for each candidate falls within
their respective PVT estimated confidence ranges, CODEO can confidently confirm that its PVT
estimates are consistent with the official presidential election results,” CODEO said.
Giving details on how elections fared across the country, CODEO indicated that the two main parties- the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had party agents at over 99% of polling stations during the election.
“Observers also reported that the two main parties (NDC and NPP) had party agents at over 99% of polling stations,” the statement added.
It advised contestants in the presidential election “to place confidence in the official
presidential results as declared by the Electoral Commission.”
“We encourage any party or candidate with issues about the presidential results to peacefully resolve these through proper legal and procedural channels. CODEO appeals to Ghanaians to remain calm, law-abiding and allow the systems to work.”
CODEO employed the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology to observe the 2020 presidential election, just as it did in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
The PVT methodology is a reliable tool available to independent and non-partisan citizens’ election observer groups around the world for verifying the accuracy of official presidential elections results.
