AND NOW COME APPELLANTS /CO-COMPLAINANTS/INTERVENORS in
the above entitled proceeding and having excepted to the Final Ruling
of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections ("NEC Board")
rendered on November 23, 2017 and announced an Appeal to the
Supreme Court of Liberia, hereby tender this Bill of Exceptions for the
approval of the NEC Board enable APPELLANTS/COCOMPLAINANTS/INTERVENORS perfect their appeal and for the
Supreme Court to assume jurisdiction over the matter and review and
reverse said Final Ruling, as follows:
1. That after oral arguments November 23, 2017, the NEC Board
recessed the proceeding for approximately three (3) hours, returned
and rendered its Final Ruling, at the end of which it stated, "...
Accordingly, we hold that the Hearing Officer did not err, and 1st and
2nd Appellants' request for a rerun of the October 10, 2017 elections
is hereby denied
AND IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, Appellants' appeal is hereby
denied. The Hearing Officer's final ruling in these proceedings is
hereby confirmed and affirmed. AND IT IS EHREBY SO ORDERED.". To
this Final Ruling, Appellants excepted and announced an appeal to the
Supreme Court, as is provided by Elections Law and the Constitution.
2. That the entire Final Ruling of the NEC Board ignored the cogent
evidence and controlling law adduced by Appellants/Intervenors at
the hearing, unrebutted and not discredited by the Appellee.
Therefore, Appellants/Intervenors except and file this Bill of
Exceptions.
3. That the evidence adduced by Appellants/intervenors show that
Appellee violated the Constitution and Elections Law by denying the
right to vote to thousands of Liberian citizens eligible to vote pursuant
to Art. 77(b) of the Constitution and Section 3.1 of the Elections Law.
And yet in the NEC Board's Final Ruling the NEC Board ignored that
evidence and the controlling law. For which Appellants/intervenors
except.
4. That the evidence adduced by Appellants/Intervenors, which shows
that Appellee violated the rights of thousands and thousands of
Liberians to vote on October 10, 2017 are: (1) the names of thousands
and thousands of registered voters were not found on the Final
Registration Roll (proved by corroborated, yet unrebutted, oral
testimonies of witnesses, video recording, and 182 voter registration
cards which were not punctured as should have been done had the
owners of those voter registration cards voted). The Chief Dispute
Hearing Officer ("CDHO") denied Appellants/Intervenors' application
to admit the voter registration cards into evidence, to which
Appellants/Intervenors excepted. In his Final Ruling, the CDHO ignored
that evidence; and to which Appellants/Intervenorsagain excepted.
But nowhere in the NEC Board's Final Ruling was this exception
addressed. And for this reason, Appellants/Intervenors except.
5. That Section 3.6 of the Elections Law provides that the voter
registration roll for each registration center shall be opened for public
inspection at the office of the Magistrate of Elections and copy of each
roll may be kept at such places as Appellee may designate for public