{"id":219500,"date":"2024-09-21T14:54:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-for-ndc-regardless-of-our-position\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:54:31","slug":"election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-for-ndc-regardless-of-our-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-for-ndc-regardless-of-our-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024: Ghanaians will vote for NDC regardless of our position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer, has expressed confidence that Ghanaians will vote for the NDC in the 2024 elections, regardless of the party\u2019s position on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come in the wake of the party securing the eighth spot during the recent Electoral Commission ballot for the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <em>The Big Issue<\/em> on Channel One TV, Mr. Tanko Computer emphasised that ballot position has little bearing on electoral outcomes, citing past experiences where the NDC held the top spot but still lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you pick number one, it doesn\u2019t guarantee your win. We have placed severally on the number one position and lost the elections, it doesn\u2019t win you the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also saying that, even if we are placed in the deepest part of the ballot paper, Ghanaians are voting for the umbrella. They virtually will look for the umbrella, that is what everybody is looking at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go to the rural community, you will see that everybody is talking about the umbrella and they will definitely look for it,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer, has expressed confidence that Ghanaians will vote for the NDC in the 2024 elections, regardless of the party\u2019s position on the ballot. 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