Regional collation centres conduit to rig for Akufo-Addo – Apaak LISTEN DEC 18, 2020 The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr Clement Apaak has alleged that the regional collation centres set up by the Jean Mensa-led Electoral Commission was an avenue through which padding votes for President Akufo-Addo took place while reducing votes of Mr John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 7 polls. “These never existed till the Jean Mensa-led EC came into being,” Dr Apaak said in a statement. According to the lawmaker, from previous elections, to ensure that every valid vote cast is counted, the total number of valid votes cast at each polling station is recorded and apportioned to the candidates at that polling station. Then, the record of votes totalled at all polling stations in a constituency are added up at the Constituency Collating Centre.