March 2020 - GHANA DIASPORA PAC

The Diaspora Progressive Movement in USA talks about ROPAA

We sighted a news item on Joy News in which a Deputy Commissioner at the Electoral Commission talking about the Commission’s readiness to implement ROPAA in the 2020 elections. He stated that ROPAA is a Ghanaian thing and early this year, they will start registering Ghanaians living abroad. We welcome this decision by the commission and we on our part, will do everything possible for ROPAA to succeed.

The Diaspora Progressive Movement in USA talks about ROPAA Read More »

Citizenship question is gone. Michigan immigrants still distrust the Census

Census / Emmanuel Be-Large

President Donald Trump’s plans to include a citizenship question on the 2020 U.S. Census have come and gone, but they continue to spark fear among immigrants about what the government will do with information collected in the count.

Citizenship question is gone. Michigan immigrants still distrust the Census Read More »

ROPAA Committee begins engagement of Diaspora

Politic / Emmanuel Be-Large

The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday started consultation of strategic countries towards the operationalization of the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA) 2006 (Act 699), which gives Ghanaians in the Diaspora the right to vote from abroad.

ROPAA Committee begins engagement of Diaspora Read More »

White and Black people to get more room on 2020 census to explain their origins

Census / Emmanuel Be-Large

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau is giving people in the country’s two largest racial categories space to give more details about their origins.

People who identify as “white” or “Black or African American” will have 16 blank spaces to explain their ethnic makeup when filling out the paper copy. Those filling out the form online will have 200 characters.

White and Black people to get more room on 2020 census to explain their origins Read More »