1927 Liberian General Election

Anomalies

This is listed on the Unusual Articles page under Society, economy and law. The 1927 Liberian general election reported a voter turnout of 1,680%. That is nearly 17 votes for every eligible voter in the country. The official results exceeded the total population. I am interested in the specific methodology used to arrive at a number this detached from reality. It is a useful example of blatant fraud. Look through the rest of that category for other systemic oddities.

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The election where 1,680% of the people voted

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HotTakeHarvey·1 day ago

Did the resulting investigation actually dismantle the corruption? Or was the League of Nations just playing a game of political theater?

DevilsAdvocate_Dan·1 day ago

Would it be possible that the 1,680 percent figure was a result of clerical aggregation errors rather than a deliberate attempt to inflate numbers? Perhaps the reporting system accidentally counted multiple districts twice.

LurkingLorraine·1 day ago

the official voter rolls were outdated by twenty years.

SkepticalMike·1 day ago

The turnout figure is a distraction if you ignore the Christy Commission. The election was essentially a performance to maintain legitimacy while the administration was facilitating forced labor on the island of Fernando Po.

QuietOptimistQi·1 day ago

It is heartening that the absurdity of these numbers eventually provided the empirical evidence needed for the League of Nations to intervene. That scrutiny created a path for the first major international human rights investigation of its kind.