{
  "id": 11800944,
  "title": "Police restore calm as Ashanti TESCON delegates protest over missing names",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/police-restore-calm-as-ashanti-tescon-delegates-protest-over-missing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T00:19:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/police-restore-calm-as-ashanti-tescon-delegates-protest-over-missing-names/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Voting for TESCON delegates in the Ashanti Region faced delays on Saturday night due to some delegates unable to locate their names in the Electoral Commission's album. TESCON members grew frustrated and began chanting \"We are voting\" around five and a half hours after polls opened at 6 p.m. on October 3. Police intervened to restore calm while Electoral Commission officials worked on resolving the issue. The album containing the delegates' names was reportedly missing, but National Coordinator of TESCON clarified that it had been present at the center since the morning. Ashanti has 50 TESCON institutions, with representatives assigned to vote at one of three polling centers (A, B, and C). The problem arose as some delegates went to the wrong center before finding their names in the others. All 50 representatives were eventually found on the EC's sub-album, ensuring none would be disenfranchised. Police restored order, and voting resumed at the center. While some other polling centers closed for voting, officials began counting the ballots.",
  "summary": "Voting for TESCON delegates in the Ashanti Region was delayed on Saturday night at the New Patriotic Party’s national delegates congress, after some delegates could not find their names in the Electoral Commission’s album. Several TESCON members were left waiting to cast their ballots. Fearing they would be shut out of the process, they grew […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "NPP Delagates Congress: Confusion delays voting at Ashanti Region TESCON centre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/npp-delagates-congress-confusion-delays-voting-at-ashanti-region",
        "published": "2026-10-04T00:01:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "NPP Delagates Conference: Confusion rocks voting at Ashanti Region TESCON centre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/npp-delagates-conference-confusion-rocks-voting-at-ashanti-region",
        "published": "2026-10-04T00:21:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}