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Liberians vote to pick Johnson Sirleaf's successor
[Al Jazeera] Liberians have voted to elect a new president and politicians in an election that will see the country's first transfer of power from one democratically elected leader to another in more than 70 years.Provincial results were expected within 48 hours, but the electoral body has until October 25 to issue its final confirmation of the results and to announce a runoff if necessary for the presidency. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the continent's first female president, is leaving power after serving 12 years in office - the maximum allowed under the West African country's constitution. Polls closed at 6pm local time (18:00 GMT) on Tuesday. Twenty candidates, including the current vice president, former world footballer of the year and a model, are running for the country's top seat - with 2.2 million voters registered in the small country of 4.6 million people. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-11 |
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