Liberia to extend voting in southern counties due to challenges

STORY: Liberia to extend voting in southern counties due to challenges DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Monrovia 2. various of the Liberian citizens voting 3. various of the press conference by the National Election Commission (NEC) 4. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of the National Election Commission STORYLINE: Liberia's election body said Tuesday it is extending the voting for president and members of the national legislature in some counties in the southern part of the country where electoral materials and personnel had a delay in reaching. Davidetta Lansanah, head of the National Elections Commission (NEC), said while addressing a daily press briefing in the nation's capital Monrovia that at least 11 precincts in the southeastern county of Sinoe and the south-central county of Rivercess were affected by the voting extension caused by overflowing of rivers due to heavy rainfall in those parts of the country.