Liberia’s presidential run-off had gone without any major incidents and was better organised than the first round which led the party in the third place to allege electoral fraud, the National Elections Commission (NEC) said on Tuesday (December 26).

NEC chairman Jerome Korkoya said polling stations opened on time except in three places where the voting time had been extended and that a few incidents, including a voter who may have tried to vote twice, had been ‘dealt with on the spot’ and were under investigation.

By and large the systems the NEC has put in place, he said, worked with no major incidents to report and voting was peaceful.

There were no reports of violence as voting proceeded in the capital Monrovia, with polling stations opening at 0800 GMT and election agents saying turnout was lower than in the first round in the capital.

“In precinct number 30126 polling station 1 and that is Mother Sarah school in Zubah Town area, a voter was arrested, just a minute I am sorry, with two ballot papers and the police are currently investigating that voter.”