Electoral Offences In our quest to trash out some of the many electoral challenges therefore, this book attempts to bring to the fore the commonest and most pervasive flaws in the Ghanaian electoral process and to call on all stakeholders to help address them. There are acts of omissions and/or commissions which when avoided by the various stakeholders in the electoral cycle will go a long way to sanitize our electoral process thereby consolidating the electoral gains made so far under our fourth republican constitution. This booklet, we believe, is a step in the right direction in our quest to make Ghana the oasis of electoral success in the sub region where others could come and draw from our well of experience and drink from our cup of knowledge. The Electoral Commission at this point, wishes to congratulate the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for approaching us with this very good idea of compiling a list of actions that constitutes electoral offences and their sanctions in our statute books to educate the Ghanaian voter to be aware of what to do and what not to do to ensure that they don't fall foul of the electoral laws of Ghana. We are equally grateful to FES for working to ensure that the research, compilation and publication of the handbook have come to fruition. vi