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Johnson, received no vote. When questioned at Collation Center, he
stated that the Record of Count from the Polling Place was missing. When
the ballots were recounted, the LP candidate in fact had 28 votes, and not
zero, as reported by the Presiding Officer. (vii) At the Collation Center, at
SKD Stadium, it was also observed that in Precinct #30171, Polling Place 3,
District 12, Montserrado County, Liberty Party, Charles W. Brumskine
obtained 205 votes. Regrettably, the Presiding Officer elected to cancel
same and allotted 26 votes. (viii) In Margibi County, Dwazon, District #1,
Voting Precinct #24105, Polling Place #4, the Presidential Record of the
Count shows that there were 2550, as "Total of unused, spoiled and
discarded ballot papers," although there should not have been more than
550 ballots at any Polling Place. (ix) In Cinta Township, Margibi County,
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., it was observed that an
NEC pick-up was parked on the side of the road, and the occupants thereof
had opened a ballot box, and when an alarm was raised by a resident of
the Township, the vehicle with the occupants fled the scene, inadvertently
dropping the top/cover of the ballot box. (x) In Bong County, Electoral
District #4, Shankpalli 1, Voting Precinct #06102, Polling Place #1, the
number of the ballot papers taken from the ballot box was 177, but
candidate Robert Womba got 246. (xi) Yah Golden, a witness of Pt
Appellant, testified that on Election Day she went to the Polling Center
that morning. After going from Polling Place to Polling Place in an attempt
to vote without success, she noticed that the NEC worker had a copy
book, from which they were calling people to vote. Then she inquired
of Mammie Doyen Moore, the ES (Election Supervisor). The ES asked
her to pay L$150.00 to get enrolled in the copy book. After she paid the
money, the ES told a young man to put her name in the copy book. It
was only then that she was allowed to vote. (xii) Jurah Sanoe testified
that on Saturday morning, October 14, 2017, while sitting in his yard in
Jacob Town, Somalia Drive, near the Word of Faith, some kids brought
him the top/cover of a ballot box that had been left there by some
unscrupulous NEC worker, who had broken into a ballot box on Election
Day or thereafter. All of these testimonies remained unrefuted by the
Defendant.
3. 1st Appellants say and aver that the Board of Commissioners (BOC)
committed a reversible error when the BOC, in its Final Ruling, held that,
"All would agree that a transposing error, which was corrected and did
not impact any candidate's vote does not constitute fraud." The holding
of the BOC is against the weight of the legal principle "...that if the process
is flawed, no matter how good may have been the intention, especially if
it departs from the prescribed manner or mandate of the law, it could
have the propensity to impact negatively and severely, not just a single
individual but, as in the instant case ..." the entire nation. The BOC also
committed a reversible error when in its Final Ruling, it failed to
acknowledge the admissions made by the NEC witnesses as to challenges,
difficulties, being overwhelmed, lack of qualified staff, all of which
resulted into gross irregularities, as complained of by the Appellants.
4. 1st Appellants say and aver that the Board of Commissioners (BOC)
committed a reversible error when the BOC, in its Final Ruling, held that,
"As to Appellants' allegation that ballot papers were discovered buried in