The article investigates the influence of the Coronavirus pandemic on Ghana’s 2020 election, which will take place on December 7th. Despite the fact that the pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the 2020 election process, the paper contends that it also gives political parties and the Electoral Commission with a chance to be creative in their actions. The research takes a content analysis approach and is mostly based on a desk evaluation of related literature on the subject at hand. Low voter participation owing to fear of getting the virus due to human contact at voting centres, according to the report, and postponing of the 2020 elections if the virus spreads out of hand are two likely negative effects of the virus on the 2020 elections. The suspension of voter registration from April to June 2020, as well as a prohibition on political activities such as mass campaigns, are already having an impact. Another beneficial effect of the virus is that it has forced political parties to be more creative in voter mobilisation through the use of social media platforms. Campaigns and other political activity are now conducted entirely online. With such innovation, the report advises that the E.C. investigate online voting, postal voting, and early voting in the 2020 election as a strategy to decrease human behaviour and overcrowding on election day, hence limiting COVID-19 spread.
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