{"id":219575,"date":"2024-09-21T20:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T20:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/npp-rubbishes-ndcs-ballot-swapping-allegations\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T20:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T20:06:49","slug":"npp-rubbishes-ndcs-ballot-swapping-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/npp-rubbishes-ndcs-ballot-swapping-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Rubbishes NDC\u2019s Ballot Swapping Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has categorically denied allegations of swapping ballot positions with the Liberal Party of Ghana\u2019s Kofi Akpaloo.<br \/>NPP Director of Elections, Evans Nimako, dismissed the rumours as baseless.<\/p>\n<p>Nimako\u2019s Reaction<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Newsfile, Nimako emphasized that no presidential candidate would willingly give up their number one spot on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidential candidate for a political party loves New Patriotic Party, our presidential candidate so much that when he had balloted for his position, he would swap?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged the public to disregard the allegations, stating, \u201cWe must not entertain such ideas and thoughts in our discourse. Not at all. Nothing of that sort happened. I think we must throw that issue into the marine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ballot Positions<\/p>\n<p>The NPP secured the first spot, while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took the eighth position in the recent ballot draw.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations surfaced shortly after the balloting exercise with NDC activists peddling the falsehood.<\/p>\n<p>Nimako\u2019s assurance comes amidst heightened tensions ahead of Ghana\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP\u2019s denial aims to quell speculation and reassure supporters of the party\u2019s commitment to transparency.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot-swapping allegations sparked concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nimako\u2019s statement seeks to reassure Ghanaians of the NPP\u2019s adherence to democratic principles.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP\u2019s swift denial of ballot-swapping allegations demonstrates the party\u2019s commitment to transparency and fairness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has categorically denied allegations of swapping ballot positions with the Liberal Party of Ghana\u2019s Kofi Akpaloo.NPP Director of Elections, Evans Nimako, dismissed the rumours as baseless. Nimako\u2019s Reaction Speaking on Newsfile, Nimako emphasized that no presidential candidate would willingly give up their number one spot on the ballot. \u201cPresidential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPP Rubbishes NDC\u2019s Ballot Swapping Allegations - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/21\/npp-rubbishes-ndcs-ballot-swapping-allegations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NPP Rubbishes NDC\u2019s Ballot Swapping Allegations - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has categorically denied allegations of swapping ballot positions with the Liberal Party of Ghana\u2019s Kofi Akpaloo.NPP Director of Elections, Evans Nimako, dismissed the rumours as baseless. 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