In Summary:
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Former Montserrado County District #8 Representative claimed that electoral District 8 had the lowest number of registered voters in Montserrado County during the 2023 elections
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We have verified this claim by reviewing data published by the National Elections Commission (NEC), specifically District #8, and compared it with all other electoral districts
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Our search found that District #8 had the lowest number of registered voters in Montserrado County during the 2023 elections
On April 14, former Montserrado County District 8 Representative Acarous Gray claimed that Electoral District 8 had the fewest registered voters in Montserrado County during the 2023 elections.
Gray made the statement on Prime FM while responding to questions about the factors that led to his defeat.
The claim
His exact words were: “The District had the least number of registered voters in Montserrado County unprecedentedly which was strange.”
Rating Justification
To verify the claim, we reviewed data published by the National Elections Commission (NEC), focusing on the official list of registered voters across Montserrado County’s electoral districts for the 2023 elections.
According to the NEC, Electoral District #8 had 36,899 registered voters.
Meanwhile, we reviewed data from the National Elections Commission of Liberia on registered voters in Montserrado County – across all 17 districts.
The chart below presents a breakdown of electoral districts in the county and their respective registered voter totals during the 2023 elections according to the NEC data.
Conclusion
Based on a review of NEC’s website, we conclude that Gray’s claim is correct. District 8 had a total of 36,899 registered voters – the lowest among all 17 electoral districts in the county.
