Public Concerned over High Number of Invalid VotesWhile the October 10 presidential and legislative elections witnessed a huge turnout, the overshadowing issue has been the unexpectedly high number of invalid votes that the National Elections Commission (NEC) has been announcing since the closure of polls. Like Kiatamba, the high number of invalid votes has also drawn the attention of the media, political parties, and international observers. The number of invalid votes is too huge,” Esther Williams said on a local radio station. Perhaps this was also transferred to the ballots.”The high percentage of invalid votes in Liberia’s post-war elections and referendums has been an ongoing concern. In the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, around five percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections were invalid.
