104 supported the fact that our staff was also challenged. Prior to the conduct of these elections the Commission taking queued from these election voters registration were staffs hire by the Commission in carrying out the function. We wrote other stake holders requesting assistance from professional Liberians. To name just a few, we wrote the Ministry of Education, we wrote the Association of Female Lawyers. We wrote the National Bar Association of Liberian requesting assistance in providing professional Liberians to help in the conduct of these elections on Elections Day. This is also the practice in most electoral jurisdiction where you have senior citizens volunteering on Elections Day to support the process. Unfortunately we got respond from only the Angie Brooks Randolph institute and as the result of political manipulation there were rumors being spread wide and far that Chairman Kokoyah had intended to create fraud in the process by bringing in presiding officers. And in order to satisfy those doubts, about three hundred names that were submitted by Angie Brooks Institute were withdrawn. So basically we went to the polls with those Liberians who were available. Those Liberians who were not the most qualify but who availed themselves to partake in the conduct of the October 10, 2017 election. Monitoring reports and even our own observation clearly states that staffs at our centers were challenged. They had difficulties in directing voters to their assigned rooms; they had difficulties in finding voters names on the final voter's rolls in their polling stations. As a result of that this cause uncomfortable situation with some voters. This leads voters to be weary. These causes brought about congestion and delayed. But notwithstanding, over 75 percent of the 2.1 million voters turned out and voted on October 10, 2017.” The above testimony of witness Leighe attempted to refute that the polls opened late, and that there were no queue controllers to direct voters on the requisite queues, but he did acknowledge that there were some problems which he blamed on the fact that voters had turned out much earlier than expected and hence that the NEC workers had not been deployed. In fact, the witness acknowledged that this created difficulties in finding voters’ names on the FRR; that voters became weary due to the congestion and delayed. The question is to what extent did such somnolent posture of the voters affected their right to vote, especially in the face of allegations that many voters could not vote due to these challenges.