GhanaElection 2008 total sum of the nomination fees for both their presidential and parliamentary candidates. The NPP, NDC, PNC, CPP, and DPP paid the total sum of the nominations fees for their candidates. The NVP, even though it could not contest the presidential elections, paid the nomination fees for its parliamentary candidates. Political Parties played yet another critical role by mobilizing the electorates to participate in the elections. Through their campaigns and house to house solicitation for votes, electorate's interests were whipped up for the elections. Therefore, there was a high turn out on Election Day. Unfortunately, some parties wrongly mobilised their supporters to engage in irresponsible activities which created tension and violence. For instance, the mobilization of NDC and NPP supporters to unlawfully protest, as well as urging them to defend their rights and interest by all means including converging at the premises of the EC was very dangerous. At the Inter Party Advisory Committee(IPAC), political parties engaged the EC on a wide range of issued. The EC in turn uses this platform to educate as well as inform the political parties of impending activities and their operational procedures prior to the Election Day. Political parties were thus given the opportunity to share their views concerning the exercises at stake and make suggestions as to how best the EC could undertake the planned exercise. IPAC also enabled the EC to iron out any differences and disagreements between the parties. For instance, the two major parties agreed at one of the IPAC meetings that they would like to fix their seals on the ballot paper bags in addition to the seals fixed by the EC before transporting the ballot papers from the printing press. Given the need for transparency to ensure confidence in the electoral process, party agents were provided by most of the political parties. Though quite an expensive undertaking, political parties especially NDC and NPP were able to provide party agents in all polling stations during the elections. As stakeholders, political parties played very important roles in the 2008 elections, however, some of their activities undermined the credibility of the elections. Incidents reported in the Volta and Ashanti Regions during the second run leave much to be desired. 19