-
Liberia: Counting Under Way in Mid-Term Elections
New Republic, 8 December 2020
Officials from the National Elections Commission -NEC have started counting votes after polling has ended in many of the Voting centers. Read more »
-
Liberia: Country Awaits Results of Election and Referendum
FrontPageAfrica, 9 December 2020
The much anticipated Special Senatorial Elections (SSE) and National Referendum have come and gone but in the coming days voters across the country will be eagerly waiting for the… Read more »
-
Liberia: Heavy Downpour of Rain in Parts of Montserrado Stalls Electoral Activities
FrontPageAfrica, 8 December 2020
Heavy deluge of rain in some parts of the nation's most populous county, particularly Paynesville, has slowed down election activities with voters abandoning the queues as the rain… Read more »
-
Liberia: Polling Places in Bong County District 4 Deserted Due to Heavy Rainfall
FrontPageAfrica, 8 December 2020
Several polling stations visited by FrontPageAfrica in Bong's District Four have been deserted due to heavy downpour of rain. Read more »
-
Liberia: Weah Hails 'Peaceful, Smooth' Voting Process After Casting Ballot
LINA, 8 December 2020
"I just voted. It is very smooth. People are calm. I came to the polling center to exercise my franchise," President George Weah told journalists at the Kendija Public School in… Read more »
-
Liberia: Voters Blast NEC Staffers
New Dawn, 8 December 2020
Some voters in Duala and Caldwell have expressed anger and blasted National Elections Commission (NEC) staff over difficulties faced in identifying voters' names and their assigned… Read more »
-
Liberia: Liberians Head to the Polls in Crucial Mid-Term Elections
East African, 8 December 2020
Liberians are set to go to the polls on Tuesday to vote on a series of issues, including a referendum to reduce the number of years per term for the president. Read more »
Vote Counting Begins in Liberia's Crucial Mid-Term Elections
Officials from the National Elections Commission in Liberia have started counting votes in the country's mid-term polling exercise. Citizens voted on eight possible constitutional amendments and also cast their ballots for new members of the Senate. Two counties chose new representatives in by-elections triggered by the deaths of previous leaders. The constitutional amendments include a proposition to to reduce the number of years per term for the president. President George Weah is seeking to reduce the presidential term to five years, which will bring it in line with the terms of other countries in West African. Critics, including civil society, are suspicious about the move. Votes are counted by hand, and because some parts of the country are hard to reach, final results are expected to be delayed for about a week.
InFocus
-
On December 8, 2020, Liberians are to participate in a national referendum, as well as legislative by-elections. The ruling coalition government and the opposition are still ... Read more »
-
Liberians are worried about growing insecurity in the country on the eve of important senatorial elections. Political analyst and journalist Henry P. Costa says the deaths of four ... Read more »
