A United States-based Ghanaian Professor, Kwaku Asare vehemently opposes the practice of recording and releasing marked ballot papers after voting.

He says such a practice should not be tolerated at all.

Prof Asare explains that if a person feels compelled to share their vote, there is an appropriate way to do so. "You are free to go on Newsfile or any public platform and proclaim as loudly as you wish who you voted for or plan to vote for.

However, secretly recording and releasing a marked ballot undermines the secrecy law and the very integrity of our democratic system.