Liberia commission still tallying votes for runoff election
MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s National Elections Commission continued tallying votes Wednesday from the West African nation’s presidential runoff election between a football star and the vice-president who are competing to replace Africa’s first female head of state.
The commission said late Wednesday that it would begin announcing provisional results from Tuesday’s vote on Thursday.
State radio correspondents reported unofficial results overnight indicating that former international soccer player George Weah led in several counties, but election authorities warned the two parties to “stop making premature pronouncements.”
This is the first time in more than 70 years the nation founded by freed American slaves will see one democratically elected government hand power to another. Results will be announced progressively, though the elections commission has two weeks to give final results.