With the explosion of the telecommunication industry and fast 3G connectivity now available, you can get information instantly through your browser, phone or tablet. In an effort to bring together all key online information into a manageable byte and provide electorates with up-to-date election news the African Elections Project has created a top elections website list.
This list has been generated after sifting through the myriad of websites reporting on the subject.Bookmark them in your browser and you will not miss the action before, during or after the Ghana 2012 elections
First on the list is the official portal of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. This website provides its audience with a comprehensive guide into the latest events on the electoral calendar, civic voter education, historical facts, Ghana's journey through elections, electoral laws and regulations.
Similar in content to the Electoral Commission website is the Ghana News Agency portal.This website provides a nationwide coverage of the elections events and activities by the electoral body, political parties and civil society organisations. The GNA website also provides regular news and pictures on campaign activities by the various presidential and parliamentary candidates across the country.
If you're hungry for fresh updates on the elections, breaking news, live coverage of political debates, campaign activities of the leading candidates via news content, pictures and sometimes video thenMy Joy online, Citi FM online, Peace FM online andRadio XYZ online will satisfy your quest.
Ghanawebis another website to watch, it usually aggregates most of the news from all the other websites in addition to giving you information on newspapers, opinions and the opportunity to read all electioneering stories on the aspirant. If you want to understand and get your head around the Ghana elections debate, then Ghana web is your best bet. However, you must tread carefully as the website is not strict on the facts posted or written by their various contributors.
To get an international perspective there are few better sites than BBC news and its sectionBBCAfrica. This site will offer you an insight into the mind of international communities'viewpointon Africa and most importantly Ghana elections 2012. It also provides expert analysis on this year elections in comparison to previously held ones and its implications for the country and the international community.
Back to local news and we look at the websites of some leading tabloid newspapers. The following print media websites Ghanaian Chronicle, Daily Graphic, The New Times and the Statesman will serve you elections news for those of you who miss the opportunity to grab a paper in the morning or don't have time to look through it all. These websites gives you a feel of what the papers are reporting about the elections, editorials and opinions about the elections.
If you have had enough of reading text on yourhigh-resolution screens then make the most of it at Joy TV where they live stream on their YouTube account. The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation also regularly uploads its news items onto its YouTube channel.
It must also be conveyed that we are not the only ones running an election focused website and that GhanaElectionsWatch is also a good place to get daily updates and useful tits bits on the upcoming elections.
If after consuming all these news stories you feel you need to have your say then why not get interactive? Follow @ghanaelections, @Ghanadecides and @Africanelectionand tweet us your comments. Also visit our Facebook and Google+ page, where you will find numerous updates and discussions relating to the Ghana 2012 Election.
As an alternative interface, check out the Ghana Votes 2012 website exhibiting an incidents map of Ghana designed to display reports from the elections body, civil society groups and citizens for a live, interactive, one-stop show of election information. To get involved and share incidents SMS to short code 7000 on MTN and 1902 on other networks, prefixing your messages to AEP.
There is significant use of online platforms by the leading Political Parties in the elections explaining policies, announcing and documenting campaign trails and giving the electorates the opportunity to interact and engage them in political debates as well as a medium to canvass for votes. For instance President John Dramani Mahama is active on twitter@JDMahama, and runs a Facebook account, other updates can also be read on the National Democratic Congress' website. NPP's Nana Akufo Addo is also active on twitter @nadaa2012 with 6,810 followers and further updates about his elections activities can be found on the New Patriotic Party's official website. Dr. PaaKwesiNduom of the Progressive people's party (PPP) can be found on twitter @PKNduom and he has more than 10,551 followers, with more details available through his party's website. Dr.Abu Sakara also has a twitter account, @AbuSakara, with further information available on theConvention People's Party website. Hassan Ayariga of the People's National Convention adds to the twitter sphere through his account @HassanAyariga, with additional information available on the PNC website. The Great Consolidate Popular Party (GCPP) candidate Mr Henry Lartey does not have a twitter account but his party details can be found on their website. The independent candidate Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah has also taken to web to build his cause, find out more details here.
Other Key civil society actors working around the elections includes the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)who are the organisers of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates with details on how political parties are engaging with electorates available through this link.CODEO GH also provides news and data collected by domestic observers as well as number of observers deployed for the December 2012 elections.
Do not be left out, get involved and make the right debates and choice during the upcoming Ghana elections 2012.
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