43 of this Court, we quote verbatim and in its entirety the ruling of the Board of Commissioners which the appellants assert is littered with reversible errors. Here is how the Board, in its final ruling, addressed the contentions raised by the appellants: “FINAL RULING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS This appeal comes before us from the November 20, 2017 final ruling of the Chief Dispute Hearing Officer, dismissing Appellants' complaints. The Appellants herein are Charles Walker Brumskine, Harrison S. Karnwea, presidential and vice-presidential candidates and all Representative Candidates of the Liberty Party; and Joseph Nyumah Boakai and James Emmanuel Nuquay, presidential and vice-presidential candidates and the Unity Party, 1st and 2nd Appellants respectively. The said final ruling denied the request for a re-run of the October. 10, 2017 election prayed for by the appellants. We must determine whether the Hearing Officer's ruling is supported by the evidence presented at trial and the law controlling. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On October 10, 2017, 1,641,922 (75.19%) registered voters cast ballots for the offices of President and Vice-President and for the 73 seats in the House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia. Nine days following the said elections the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced final results. The final result shows that out the 20 presidential tickets, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) obtained 38.4 percent of the valid votes. cast. The Unity Pa ty (UP) obtained 28.8 percent, followed by the Liberty Party (LP) with 9.6 percent. Pursuant to Article 83(b) of the Liberian Constitution, the NEC announced a run-off election between the CDC and the UP, the two presidential tickets that received the greatest number of valid votes from the October 10, 2017 election. Following the announcement of the final results, the LP, in exercise of its right Under A ide 83(c) of the Liberian Constitution, filed a complaint with the NEC on October 23, 2017 alleging violation of the Constitution and Elections Law, fraudulent acts, and irregularities and prayed for a re-run of the said elections. We hereunder produce verbatim the Liberty Party's complaint: [omitted] Consistent with the procedure at the NEC, Chairman Korkoya forwarded 1st Appellants’ complaint to the NEC's independent hearing section for immediate investigation. Hearing into the Liberty Party's complaint commenced on October 27, 2017. In presenting its side of the case, the Liberty Party called twelve witnesses in persons of Musa Hassan Bility; Benjamin Sanvee, Foday Fahnbulleh; Darling Clinton; Paul Wehyee; Debora Harris; Victoria Koffa; Yah Golden; Mark; Jurah Sanoe; Jefferson Gbadyquille, and Omaru Kamara. TESTIMONIES OF WITNESSES CALLED BY THE LIBERTY PARTY Witness Bility testified essentially that there was late opening at several polling places, that some polling places did not have queue controllers; that people in Grand Gedeh County discovered buried ballot :papers;: that polling staff in Grand Gedeh and Nimba Counties were arrested with pre-marked ballot papers; that ballot papers did not have serial numbers; that there was