2024 Elections: SDA member defies church's beliefs to cast her vote

Contrary to earlier reports of a possible boycott of the 2024 Elections by members of the Seven-Day Adventist Church (SDA), a member of the church has been spotted exercising her civic duty.

A report by StarrFM indicates a woman who claims to be a member of the SDA arrived at the Betom Adontoa polling station in the New Juaben South Constituency to cast her ballot.

The woman who preferred to remain anonymous said, “No, I won’t grant an interview. I don’t want my face to go out. I am SDA—you know we are not supposed to take part—but I have to exercise my franchise.”

The 2024 general elections are ongoing across 276 constituencies in the country, with 18.8 million people expected to vote.

The 2024 election has thirteen presidential candidates, nine representing political parties and four being independent candidates.

Of the 18.8 million voters, 459,291 represent 4% of the voter population. 48% of the voters are male, while the female population makes up 52%.

The role of the youth in the elections will be significant as they make up 55% of the voter population.

A total of 40,976 polling centres will be used for the 2024 elections, with 328 already used for the Special Voting exercises that took place on Monday, December 2, and Thursday, December 5, 2024.

According to data published by CODEO, the largest CSO in elections, the 2024 elections will feature 801 parliamentary candidates vying for the 276 seats.

Of the 13 presidential candidates, four are independent, while nine represent political parties. This means that the elections will have nine political parties contesting.

In the parliamentary elections, 111 candidates are contesting as independents.