Elections are supposed to be the means by which the people of a country choose their leaders and express their will. However, in some African countries, elections are often marred by fraud, violence, and manipulation, undermining the legitimacy and credibility of the democratic process.
– Liberia 1927: This election was so rigged that it made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the most fraudulent election ever reported in history. The incumbent president, Charles D.B. King, won the election with 240,000 votes, while his opponent, Thomas J. Faulkner, received only 9,000 votes. However, the number of registered voters was less than 15,000. The election was accompanied by widespread allegations of voter fraud, as Faulkner accused members of the True Whig Party government of using slave labour at home and selling slaves to the Spanish colony of Fernando Po, and involving the Army in the electoral process. READ MORE
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