Volta Region

Joy News' Volta Region Correspondent, Ivy Setordjie, speaks to voters who have cast their ballot and are excited.

7:00am

Voting starts at some polling stations

Voting has begun at most polling stations across the country although the event has been marked by setbacks at other centres.

Cape Coast

At the Papa House polling station at the KEEA Constituency in Cape Coast, a ballot box that had an inscription “Election 2012” created some agitation among electorates. The voters raised concern about the wrong inscription, suggesting it could compromise the election results. They requested the EC to change the boxes or remove the wrong inscription. EC officials resolved not to use those ballot boxes, reports Joseph Ackah-Blay. Voting has started at the polling station.

Ashanti Region

Voting delayed at Bantama Sub-metro Office B polling centre because of a cracked presidential ballot box.

Election materials arrive at polling stations, long queues form

Officials of the Electoral Commission have begun setting up for today's polls.

6:43am

Volta Region

With less than 20 minutes to start of polls

Electoral officers take stock of voting materials

6:15am

At the Katamanso Presby JHS polling station: EC officials setting up. Scores queue to vote.

6:05am

Long queues begin to form one hour to the start of voting. The image below is from the Asawse polling station in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital.

Below are some images from polling stations at Weija-Gbawe Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.

With about 5 hours to go for voting to begin at 7:00 some anxious Ghanaians are keeping vigil and forming queues to be the first cast their ballot on Wednesday. The voters have formed the queue with chairs, stones, and any object they could lay hands on.

Hours before the elections

In few hours some 15 million Ghanaians will go to the polls to elect one out of 7 presidential candidates, and 275 parliamentarians. Queues started forming as early as 9:00pm Tuesday for an election set for Wednesday 7:00am.

Turnout is likely to be high. Pockets violence are also likely to strike at key hotspots but the polls will largely be peaceful.

There will be allegations and counter allegations particularly from the two front runners in the election- John Mahama of the NDC and Nana Akufo-Addo of the NPP.

There is likely be shortage of voter materials or delays in bringing them to the polling centre. There will be announcement of polling station and collation center results and a declaration of the president elect by the Electoral Commissioner Mrs Charlotte Osei. For all the twists, the turns, your best bet for an unparalleled coverage is Myjoyonline.com, your election HQ. We will give you news first and satisfy your anxiety with the trademark call of the election.  You don't want miss that.

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