Tagged: election

Madam Ruth Sawmadal vs. NEC and Mr. Steve Tequiah (01/17/2024) 0

Madam Ruth Sawmadal vs. NEC and Mr. Steve Tequiah (01/17/2024)

This case came before this Court en banc for appellate review of the final ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC), entered on December 23, 2023, dismissing the appellant’s appeal resulting from a complaint she filed before the Hearing Officer of NEC, praying for a total recount of votes cast from the Electoral District #2 of Rivercess County in the representative elections conducted on October 10, 2023 in Rivercess County, and affirmed the ruling of the Hearing Officer.
A review of the records in this case shows that twelve (12) candidates participated in the October 10, 2023 representative election in Electoral

Nimely J. Donyen vs. Sekou S. Kanneh (01/12/2024) 0

Nimely J. Donyen vs. Sekou S. Kanneh (01/12/2024)

This case comes before this Court en banc for appellate review from the final ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC), entered on December 19, 2023, dismissing the appellant’s appeal, growing out of a complaint filed before the Hearing Officer of NEC, praying for a total recount of votes cast from the one hundred twenty-eight (128) polling places of the nineteen (19) voting precincts of Electoral District #2, Montserrado County, in the Presidential and Legislative Elections conducted in Montserrado County on October 10, 2023, and affirming the ruling of the Hearing Officer, Attorney S. Patterson Blamo.

Thomas Nimene Tweh vs. Siah Jarmie Tandapolie (10/05/2023) 0

Thomas Nimene Tweh vs. Siah Jarmie Tandapolie (10/05/2023)

This Application by Special Leave, filed on September 22, 2023, and amended on September 25, 2023, by Thomas Nimene Tweh, before the bench en banc of this Honourable Court, seeks to have this Court grant unto the Applicant special permission to file a petition for re-argument in a case decided by this Court on August 31, 2023, wherein this Court, in its Opinion and Final Judgment, reversed the Ruling of the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of the National Elections Commission (NEC) allowing the Applicant to contest the Representative Seat for District # 11, Montserrado County. Under Article IX of the Amended Rules of the Supreme Court, a party against whom the Supreme Court had ruled and entered a judgment against may, within three days of receipt of the Court’s Opinion and Judgment, file a petition for re-argument of the case.
The Supreme Court Rule also requires that in order for the Supreme Court to give

UP & ALP vs. CPP & NEC (06/03/2022) 0

UP & ALP vs. CPP & NEC (06/03/2022)

This case emanates from a dispute arising amongst four duly registered political parties who formed a coalition in pursuit of common political interests. Under Chapter 8, Section 8.5 of the New Elections Laws of Liberia, duly registered political parties may form an alliance or coalition. Chapter 8, Section 8.5 of the New Elections Laws of Liberia provides:

Bye Elections In District 2, Bong County Latest (02/02/22) 0

Bye Elections In District 2, Bong County Latest (02/02/22)

On November 16, 2021, the National Elections Commission (NEC) conducted a by-election in Electoral District #2, Bong County, Liberia, in which twelve (12) persons vied to become a member of the House of Representatives. At the close of the polls, the votes were counted in the presence of agents for the parties, recorded and the records signed by the representatives of the parties and copies thereof placarded on the wall for public viewing.

Tokpa v. NEC & NPP (02/26/2018) 0

Tokpa v. NEC & NPP (02/26/2018)

On December 20, 2014, Co-appellee National Elections Commission (NEC), conducted Special Senatorial Elections within the fifteen (15) political subdivisions of the Republic of Liberia in which the appellant, Dr. Henrique Flomo Tokpa, an independent candidate,