The Liberia Elections Observation Network (LEON)1 provides the following post-election day
statement on its initial findings during observation of voting, closing of polls, and counting during
the second round of the 2023 presidential election. LEON observers reported improved adherence to
procedures stipulated by the National Elections Commission (NEC), incidents as reported and
verified by its observers and analysts, and preliminary trends from ongoing social media monitoring.
This statement follows LEON’s mid-day statement issued on November 14, 2023, with its
preliminary findings from the opening of polls around the country.
During the 2023 presidential runoff election, LEON continued implementing its sample-based
observation (SBO) by deploying 73 long-term observers (LTOs), 53 field coordinators (FCs), and 18
mobile field observers (MFOs) to supervise and support observations from 904 short-term observers
(STOs) at a statistically relevant sample of designated polling places in all 73 electoral districts. The
STOs were deployed to the same 904 polling places observed during the October 10th elections.