Liberian polls close after historic vote

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Updated: Wednesday, 12

October 2005, 00:04 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberian polls close

after historic vote

 

 

 

 

Heavy turnout in first

presidential election since end of civil war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONROVIA,

Liberia (AP) -- Liberian voters waited in snaking queues at churches, schools

and empty, long-shuttered bank buildings, hoping Tuesday's presidential balloting would mark an end to a quarter

century of coups, despotic rule and fighting that killed tens of thousands.

The heavy turnout -- some voters arrived

hours before polling began -- was a sign of the burden of expectation placed on

the voting.

Vying for the West African nation's top job are 22

candidates -- including former international soccer phenomenon George Weah,

Harvard-educated politician Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and two ex-rebel leaders.

After processing votes for 10 hours, election workers began closing

polling stations on schedule at 6 p.m. (1800 GMT), although voters who were queued up before then were permitted

to cast their vote.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/11/liberia.vote.ap/index.html

 

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