Electoral Offences Our toddling and teething democracy has its own peculiar electoral offences. This notwithstanding, there is the firm conviction that when and if issues are viewed in their right perspectives, we could give our heads a racking to find the solutions that we need for the conduct of offence-free electoral exercises in Ghana. That is, it will do us a lot of good to hit the nail on the head by stating emphatically and unambiguously that as a nation, should we turn blind eyes and deaf ears to the numerous electoral offences inherent in our electoral system, we do so at our own peril. It is against this backdrop that lovers of peace and democracy via successful elections deem it fitting and proper to consider what the term electoral offences imply, what constitute electoral offences and the penalties that they attract. By so doing, we may be able to get round most, if not all the perennial and hydra-headed electoral offences in our electoral system for the benefit of successful elections in Ghana. In the light of this, it is worth examining electoral offences committed in the course of an electoral cycle such as voter-registration, political campaigns and elections. 7