Breaking: National Elections Commission Announces Conduct of Special Elections for over 3,000 Voters Deliberately Denied to Vote In Gbarpolu, Grand Gedeh and Nimba CountiesMonrovia –The National Elections Commission (NEC), through its Chairperson, Madam Davidetta Brown Lasanah, has announced the holding of special elections for over 3,000 voters who did not cast their ballots in parts of Gbarpolu, Grand Gedeh and Nimba Counties. The rare incidents, according to the NEC boss, occurred in Electoral District #2, at the Tiapa Public School Precinct with code number 33100, comprising two polling places with the total number 706 registered voters. The other place, also in Electoral #2 at a Public School, Precinct #33052, with one polling place of 290 registered voters. She also mentioned that in Lower Nimba, at the Tappeh Memorial High school in Tappita City, two temporary election staff were caught with polling boxes containing ballot papers. The local NEC office, she noted, has taken delivery of the boxes while investigation is ongoing.

Source: Front Page Africa December 09, 2020 15:57 UTC