One of the members of the NDC’s legal team, Mr Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor had earlier said the party would file the case on Wednesday, 30 December.
However, there are indications the party started the processes today, Tuesday, 29 December.
Out of the 13,119,460 total valid votes cast in the recently-held 7 December 2020 polls, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) polled 6,730,587 votes, representing 51.302 per cent.
His closest contender, former President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), polled 6,213,182 votes, representing 47.359 per cent.
Mr Mahama and the NDC are, however, contesting the results.
They have described it as a “fictionalised” and “stolen”.
The party has been holding demonstrations across the country to drum home its claim that the election was flawed and skewed in favour of President Akufo-Addo and the NPP.
Some of the demonstrations have been violent.
The 1992 Constitution allows any aggrieved party a 21-day window to petition the apex court after a general election.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) availed itself of that opportunity after the 2012 election.
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