Campaigns for Bye Elections in G’ Gedeh and Nimba Kick Off -As NEC clears 19 candidates
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MONROVIA: After much anxieties about the ensuing legislative bye elections in Grand Gedeh and Nimba counties, the National Elections Commission (NEC) on Thursday, 4 April 2024 declared Political Campaign open for the Representative By-Elections in District #1 Grand Gedeh County and the Senatorial By-Election in Nimba County. Both By-elections will be held simultaneously on 23 April 2024. The Commission says political campaign will end on 20 April 2024.
According to a press statement issued by NEC and signed by Prince Dunbar, Deputy Director for Communication, the Candidate Nomination exercise which began on 6 March 2024 ended on 19 March 2024 with a total of 19 aspirants qualified as candidates to run in both By-elections. The final listing of 19 Candidates was published on 4 April 2024. (Nimba Senatorial-4 candidates) and (District number 1 Grand Gedeh, Representatives-15 candidates).
The commission conducted replacement of lost and damaged voter ID cards from 20 to 25 March 2024 with a total of 141 voter ID cards replaced in both Nimba county (84 cards) and in District #1 Grand Gedeh County (57 cards).
The Commission launched its Civic and Voter education simultaneously in both counties during which time the NEC began the distribution of CVE materials to citizens in Nimba and district number 1 in Grand Gedeh. The distribution of CVE and Gender related materials are underway to being distributed in the counties.
The Commission says a total of 327, 661 registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise in the Nimba Senatorial By-election (307, 254 registered voters) and the district number 1 representative By-election in Grand Gedeh (20, 407 registered voters).
