{"id":690794,"date":"2019-08-24T18:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\t\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"story-date\">Saturday 24th August, 2019<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img itemprop=\"image\" class=\"m"},"modified":"2019-08-24T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T18:36:01","slug":"voting-ends-counting-underway-at-sekondi-and-shama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/24\/voting-ends-counting-underway-at-sekondi-and-shama\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting ends, counting underway at Sekondi and Shama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPrint<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-date\">Saturday 24th August, 2019<\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/logondc.jpg\" alt=\"NDCLogo19\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" itemprop=\"description\">news, story, article<\/span><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Sekondi, Aug. 24, GNA &#8211; Voting has ended<br \/>\nsuccessfully at both the Sekondi and Shama election centres where delegates and<br \/>\nparty executives voted to elect candidates for the Parliamentary slot of the<br \/>\nNational Democratic Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">At sekondi a total of 624 delegates were<br \/>\nexpected to cast their ballots either in favour or against the three<br \/>\ncandidates&#8217;: Charlotte Odoom, one time Metropolitan Chief Executive, Betty<br \/>\nBosomtwe-Sam, a former Deputy Minister and Mr. Hagan popularly called<br \/>\n&#8220;Panyah&#8221; among party faithfuls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Observations during and after the process<br \/>\nwas that of a serene atmosphere where delegates voted in a quiet and orderly<br \/>\nmanner with maximum security provided by the police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The delegates from 64 branches of the party<br \/>\nvoted at Sekondi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">At Shama, the process also went on<br \/>\nsuccessfully. When GNA visit the centre, party agents representing the four<br \/>\ncontestants were observing the process of sorting out of the ballot papers to<br \/>\nenable the electoral officers count the votes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"IL_IN_TAG\" value=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Print Saturday 24th August, 2019 news, story, article By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA\u00a0 Sekondi, Aug. 24, GNA &#8211; Voting has ended successfully at both the Sekondi and Shama election centres where delegates and party executives voted to elect candidates for the Parliamentary slot of the National Democratic Party. 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