Managing Election- Relation Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana registration centres, to making inputs into party manifestoes and running errands for campaign activities. In the course of making some of these efforts, some youth defy unfavourable conditions and various risks including working on unfamiliar terrain and travelling long distances to serve, for example, as party agents in very remote areas of the country. The organization of political rallies and party congresses depend on valuable contributions from the youth, whether in terms of putting up notices, hoisting party flags, or the creatively displaying and distributing party paraphernalia to create the necessary publicity. In Ghana, the youth constitute a significant proportion of the 'footsoldiers' who undertake much of the labour-intensive, election-related campaign activities of political parties such as door-to-door campaigning. This is because the youth have the energy and time required for such tasks. In recognition of the efforts they make towards the achievement of political objectives, most political parties in Ghana have created special organs often called'youth wings' to help mobilize the youth in the parties. The youth are also represented at almost all levels of party leadership, from polling station executives to national executives. There are also well established student groups such as the Tertiary Education Students Confederation(TESCON) of the NPP and the Tertiary Education Institutions Network(TEIN) of the NDC, which operate on various campuses of tertiary institutions to organize and mobilize support among students and to enhance the electoral fortunes of their political parties. To enable youth activists carry out tasks smoothly, parties and politicians often provide the youth activists with the needed logistics, such as means of transportation, meals or meal 319