The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced plans to review Constitutional Instrument 127 (CI 127), which regulates the conduct of elections, as part of efforts to strengthen the transmission and management of election results.
The review is expected to address some of the challenges encountered during the 2024 general elections and improve the security, transparency and efficiency of the results management process.
The EC’s Director of Electoral Services, Samuel Dottoh Kwaah, disclosed this on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, during an inter-party dialogue organised by the National Peace Council in Accra.
According to him, the Commission intends to introduce a dedicated online portal through which scanned copies of election results can be transmitted, while the existing system of maintaining physical result sheets will continue.
He said the proposed measure would help prevent disruptions at collation centres and provide an additional layer of security in the transmission of results.
“There’s a need to address some of the challenges from now on. In addressing some of these challenges, we have to come out with certain policies and plans to ensure that we don’t entertain what happened in 2024,” Mr Kwaah said.
He explained that the proposed portal would allow scanned results to be transmitted directly, noting that the absence of such a system during the 2024 elections created challenges at some collation centres.
“Going forward, the Commission plans to ensure that scanned results will be sent to a dedicated portal. When that happens, there’s a need to review C.I 127, which regulates the conduct of general elections,” he added.
Mr Kwaah said political parties would be invited to submit their views and recommendations once the Commission had completed its review of the electoral instrument.
He stressed that the introduction of the digital transmission system would not replace the physical results.
“The physical results will be maintained,” he stated.
The proposed reforms are expected to improve the integrity of the results transmission process while reducing opportunities for disruptions and disputes during the collation of election results.
The EC, however, has not yet announced a specific timeline for completing the review of CI 127 or launching the proposed results transmission portal.
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