GhanaElection 2008 presidential/parliamentary candidate or their supporters to report early at the premises of the Electoral Commission in order to take up the preferred first or last position on the ballot paper for reasons best known to them. This resulted into unpleasant situations hence the need to find lasting solutions to this problem. The Commission in the 2000 elections introduced the balloting system which makes it possible for parties and candidates to file nominations peacefully without attacking each other. The same balloting system was used during the filing of nominations for the 2008 elections. In order to ensure transparency in the balloting system, two(2) rounds of balloting was done. The first ballot was to determine the order in which presidential candidates or their representatives will ballot for positions on the ballot paper. At the end of the second balloting Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) picked the first position while an independent candidate, Mr. Kwesi Amoafo Yeboah automatically became the eighth on the ballot paper as depicted in Table 3.3. Election Date The setting of election dates is the exclusive preserve of the Electoral Commission. The Commission has the statutory responsibility but this is done within the framework of specific constitutional provisions. In the case of MPs, it is required that the parliamentary election shall be held within 30 days before the expiration of the period of the last parliament. The presidential election on the other hand was required to be held not earlier than four(4) months or later than a month before the expiry of the President's term of office. It also requires that in an event of run-off where no candidate obtains more than 50% of valid votes cast during the first round, a run-off presidential election will be held within twenty-one(21) days between the candidates who obtained the two highest votes. For the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections, the Electoral Commission settled on the 7 th of December, 2008 which happened to be a Sunday. The announcement of the election date caused a great furore among the Christian community who complained that the election will affect church attendance hence agitations for it to be rescheduled. In the midst of all these agitations, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church issued 41