GhanaElection 2008 (CDD-GH) also organised town hall meetings for parliamentary candidates in selected constituencies. Institute of Democracy and Economic Governance (IDEG) also organized similar town hall meetings dubbed citizen's forum. Other CSOs, especially the faith based organisations, organised prayer and peace meeting sessions to ask for Gods intervention for peaceful elections. The Role of the National Commission for Civic Education The National Commission on Civic Education(NCCE) as a sister organisation to the EC mandated by the 1992 constitution to provide civic education assisted with the voter and civic education and for the first time, went out to observe the election. The NCCE engaged in extensive voter education concentrating on the'why' to vote and participate in the electoral process. Aside voter education, the NCCE also organised various peace seminars and workshops to encourage the citizenry to participate peacefully in the election. They constantly reminded the political parties and their candidates of the need to conduct issue-based campaigns and refrain from insults and mudslinging. Some educational materials were published by the NCCE on the elections which enriched and complemented the educational materials provided by the EC. Few months leading to the election, NCCE undertook a nationwide survey on the elections and reported that the National Democratic Congress was likely to win the elections. This did not seat well with the National Patriotic Party who questioned their neutrality. They received a lot of flak from the media as well as other civil society organisations. To a large extend, the NCCE played an important complementary role in terms of voter education to the Electoral Commission. The Role of Political Parties In the 2008 Elections; ten(10) out of the sixteen(16) registered political parties with the EC contested for presidential and parliamentary positions. These are NDC, NPP, CPP, PNC, DPP, DFP, RPD, NVP, GCPP and GNP. Seven(7) parties were able to file nominations for presidential candidates while all the ten(10) parties filed various numbers of candidates to contest the 230 parliamentary seats. Some of the parties took the responsibility to ensure that their selected candidates were able to file their nomination forms by paying, in bulk the 18