The departments are:- Electoral services; Human Resource; Finance; Training; Administration; Research, Monitoring & Evaluation; Information Technology.

Following the 24 February coup in 1966 which overthrew Kwame Nkrumah's CPP government a committee for electoral reforms was set up.

Sulley Amadu was appointed by John Evans Atta Mills, the then Ghanaian President following the retirement of David Kangah who had served in that capacity for 19 years.

[20] Georgina Opoku Amankwah was appointed by President John Mahama to replace Sarfo-Kantanka who had served for about 20 years.

[22] In June 2018, the chairman, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies were sacked by Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana following an investigation by a committee set up by the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, following various allegations of fraud and corruption leveled against them.

[18] In July 2018,the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo nominated 4 EC top officials[23] The new Electoral Commissioner, Jean Adukwei Mensa along with her two new deputies, Samuel Tettey and Eric Bossman as well as another new member Adwoa Asuama Abrefa were all sworn in by President Akufo-Addo on 1 August 2018.

Dixon Afreh is a former member of the Commission who left when he was appointed as a Justice of the Appeal Court in October 1994.

The high expenditures for 2014 and 2015 were due to the 2014 Limited Voters Registration Exercise, the conduct of the 2015 District Level Elections and the procurement of 40,000 additional Biometric Verification Devices.

With respect to Compensation of Employees, an amount of GH¢20,193,101was expended in 2014, whilst in 2015, the actual expenditure stood at GH¢19,976,918, a decrease by GH¢216,183 representing 1.08% due to retirement of some staff in the commission.

[36] The conference was organized by a number of international election reform organizations including the National Democratic Institute, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and UNDP.

[37] Three of the members were appointed by President John Kufuor in consultation with the Council of State of Ghana in February 2004 and sworn in on 5 March 2004.

They are Mrs. Paulina Adobea Dadzawa, an administrator, Nana Amba Eyiiba I, Efutuhemaa and Krontihemaa of the Oguaa Traditional Area and Eunice Akweley Roberts, an educationist and human resource practitioner.

Ebenezer Aggrey Fynn, a management consultant was also appointed to the commission by the president to bring it to its full complement of seven members.

[22] In June 2018, the chairperson, Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah were removed from office by President Akufo-Addo on the recommendation of a committee set up by the chief justice.

[41] Two weeks before the 2020 elections, the commission indicated that it had put in place resources to ensure that the results and declaration of winners, would be done within 24 hours of the end of voting.

[42] The lives of Electoral Commissions prior to the Fourth Republic of Ghana were interrupted due to military coups.

At the time of the UNIGOV referendum in 1976, Justice Isaac K. Abban was appointed by the Supreme Military Council under Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.