Bright Simons Got His 2020 Cost Per Voter Wrong!

Bright Simons claimed on Saturday’s Newsfile that the Electoral Commission lied when the Commission stated that the cost per voter in 2020 was $7.7.

He claimed that from his calculations, Ghana’s cost per voter was rather $12.5, as he suggested the country spent over ₵1.2 billion on the 2020 elections.

To start with, from the 2019 Appropriation Act, I have highlighted below the total 2020 budget of the Electoral Commission: