Ghana
Activities, which
are ongoing, have included the election monitioring by 80 Ghanaians with
disabilities (the first observation
effort of its kind in the world), and the design and pilot testing of
a tactile ballot to allow blind voters to vote in secret. (Funded by IFES
under grants from Sweden and Finland).
"Post
Election Seminar Report"
August 2002
Ghana Association of the Blind
Ballot
Guide Developed for Blind Voters in Ghana
March 1, 2002
IFES Press Release
"Finnish
Grant Awarded to IFES' Disability Project"
January 4, 2002
IFES Press Release
Halm,
Nicholas. "A Blind Voter Votes"
"Every Vote Counts", Elections
Today
Vol. 10, No. 1
Winter, 2001
Halm,
Nicholas. "Blind Observer"
"Every Vote Counts", Elections Today
Vol. 10, No. 1
Winter, 2001
Establishing
a Partnership Between Disability Organizations and the
Ghana Electoral Commission;
Identifying Next Steps to Promote Electoral Access in Ghana
Political Access for People with Disabilities Briefing Paper Series
Vol. II, No. 1
May 2001
"Disabled
say should be helped to exercise franchise"
January 15, 2001
Ghana Review International
"Statement
on the Conduct of the 28 December 2000 Presidential Run-off Elections
in Ghana"
January 3, 2001
ADD/FODA Domestic Election Observer Group
Election
Observation by People with Disabilities: Ghana Case Study
Political Access for People with Disabilities Briefing Paper Series
Volume I, Paper 3
December, 2000
