Subject: Join Us TODAY for Discussion on Ghana's 2012 Elections
From: "National Democratic Institute" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:45:38 -0500

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  The National Democratic Institute 
 Cordially Invites You To

	Ghana's 2012 Elections: 

	Domestic Election Observation and Innovative 
 Information and Communication Technologies 

	_with_ 

	DR. FRANKLIN ODURO 
 Head of Research and Programs and Deputy Director, 
 Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) 

	Richard Klein
 Senior Advisor, Elections and Political Processes, NDI 

	 CHRIS DOTEN
 Program Manager, Information and Communication Technology, NDI 

	_moderated by _ 

	CHRIS FOMUNYOH 
 Senior Associate and Director for Central and West Africa, NDI 

	THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1:30 – 3 P.M.  

	National Democratic Institute
 455 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 8th Floor
 Washington, D.C.  

	On Dec. 7, Ghanaians went to the polls to elect a president and 275
members of parliament. With a turnout of nearly 80 percent, incumbent
President John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress
(NDC) won with 50.7 percent of the vote against main challenger Nana
Akufo-Addo of the National People's Party (NPP), who garnered 47.74
percent. Credible domestic and international observation groups said
that while there were some challenges, the overall conduct of the
election met national, regional and international standards. The NPP
has alleged that there were irregularities in the voting and counting
processes and has petitioned the nation's Supreme Court to overturn
the result of the presidential race. 

	 The Coalition for Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Ghana's
largest independent, nonpartisan domestic election observation
coalition, deployed approximately 4,500 observers to polling stations
in all 275 constituencies across the country. With technical
assistance from NDI, CODEO undertook a parallel vote tabulation (PVT)
to provide Ghanaians with systematic, comprehensive information on the
conduct of the polls as well as to verify independently the results of
the presidential election.  

	Panelists will examine the 2012 Ghana elections and discuss CODEO's
PVT initiative and innovative ways in which information communication
technologies, such as social media, radio, and sophisticated maps,
were used to communicate crucial information on the election process
to the public. 

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organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions
worldwide by promoting citizen participation, openness and
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