However, there is reason to believe that voter turnout could significantly affect the outcome of the run-off due to a phenomenon from the voter registration period — voter trucking. Under Section 4.5 of the Elections Law of Liberia, a violator guilty of trucking voters faces up to six months in prison. The bigger question is, how does one determine the intent of “illegal” voter trucking? The question exposes the larger issue of the capacity of NEC or law enforcement to regulate voter trucking. “We are still in contact with all of our legislative candidates, including those who were not successful at the polls.

Source: Daily Observer October 20, 2017 02:26 UTC