{"id":259541,"date":"2024-12-02T16:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/02\/saddick-adams-criticizes-special-voters-displaying-their-ballot-after-voting\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:57:46","slug":"saddick-adams-criticizes-special-voters-displaying-their-ballot-after-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/02\/saddick-adams-criticizes-special-voters-displaying-their-ballot-after-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddick Adams criticizes special voters displaying their ballot after voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Sports journalist Saddick Adams has chastised persons who displayed their ballot after casting their vote during the Special Voting exercise on December 2, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He fumed that it is unprofessional for security services, journalists, and election officials involved in the Special Voting process to share their ballots on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Angel FM journalist bemoaned the silence of law enforcement agencies, including the Electoral Commission, for not taking action against the act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial voters are taking pictures of their ballots and sharing them. They are predominantly from Security Services, Journalists, Election Officials, and other \u2018special service providers.\u2019 A category of people who know or ought to know better. Just imagine what could be?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like silence has been better because it has become apparent that when it comes to party politics, the knowledge, common sense, and whatever level of education is useless to some persons,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after some individuals displayed their ballots on social media during the Special Voting exercise to announce the candidates they voted for.<\/p>\n<p>Two ballots spotted on X showed two ballot papers with the persons voting for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who occupied the number one position.<\/p>\n<p>The act has been condemned vehemently by social media users who believe it undermines the integrity of elections in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the EC is yet to speak on the issue and address public concerns.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read Saddick Adams&#8217; comment below:<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Special voters are taking pictures of their ballots and sharing it. They are the voters predominantly from Security Services, Journalists and Election Officials and other \u201cspecial service providers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A category of people who know or ought to know better. Just imagine what could\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaddickAdams\/status\/1863564831858852267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Watch the latest edition of Sports Debate below: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jt4x0CamZMo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghanaians charge President Akufo-Addo to dissolve GFA after Black Stars AFCON fiasco | Sports Debate\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jt4x0CamZMo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>SB\/EK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports journalist Saddick Adams has chastised persons who displayed their ballot after casting their vote during the Special Voting exercise on December 2, 2024. He fumed that it is unprofessional for security services, journalists, and election officials involved in the Special Voting process to share their ballots on social media. 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