The frenzy of Christmas coupled with concerns about cleaning up the final registration roll (FRR) casted doubts over the turnout of voters in Liberia’s crucial 2017 Presidential runoff elections after more than a month of impasse. At some polling places, there were no queues at all and the process appeared to be a walk-in-process. There was also less difficulty in finding names on the voters roll although there were few incidents were voters did not find their names. The Commission, in a statement released late Tuesday after polling closed, mentioned that there were “very small number of Polling places” in Lofa and Monstserrado Counties that opened after 08:00 all polling places opened at 08:00 hours. In another incident, misunderstanding sparking out of the use of ballot papers, after UP poll watchers claimed to have sought inquiry about the amount of ballots that had been used.

Source: Front Page Africa December 27, 2017 00:22 UTC