Ghanaian voters can expect a lengthy presidential ballot in the upcoming December 7, 2024, general elections, according to Serebour Quaicoe, the Director of Training at the Electoral Commission (EC). Quaicoe revealed that as of three days ago, nine independent presidential candidates had obtained passwords to download the nomination forms for the election. These nine independents join twelve political parties that have also secured codes for the nomination process, indicating a crowded race. Quaicoe highlighted that the high number of candidates will result in an unusually long presidential ballot, a first in Ghana's electoral history. In a related development, the EC, in a statement signed by Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, directed all prospective independent candidates for the 2024 elections to collect their passwords from the EC's headquarters.