Foreword Electoral Offences Democratic governance has come to be accepted more or less as the bedrock on which the progress and development of every nation stands considering the fact that, citizens of the world nowadays want to have a stake in the way decisions that affect their lives are taken. Arguably, election is the most essential feature in this regard. Therefore, a peaceful and successful general election enhances our quest for democratic consolidation. It in fact helps to deepen the roots of democracy into our body politic by ensuring social auditing, political accountability as well as enhances the quest for rule of law and good governance. Backed by its constitutional mandate, the Electoral Commission ensures the translation into reality the electoral hopes and aspirations of the good people of Ghana by organising and conducting free, fair, transparent and credible general elections in the country. The fore-going does not, however, seek to imply that all is rosy and that there are no challenges inherent in our electoral system. v