MONROVIA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Liberia's election body began the deployment of electoral materials and personnel across the country on Monday, saying all necessary mechanisms have been put in place for the crucial presidential and national assembly polls scheduled for Tuesday.
At a press conference marking the maiden edition of daily briefing on the polls in Monrovia, the capital, Davidetta Lansanah, head of the National Election Commission (NEC), told reporters that the election body was set to oversee a free, fair, and credible process.
"Electoral materials have been deployed to all of the 19 magisterial areas in the 15 counties of Liberia. Temporary electoral staff have been trained and assigned to their respective polling places," Lansanah said. "Polling staff have started the deployment of electoral materials to the 5,890 polling places within the 2,080 precincts in preparation for the polls."
According to her, electoral materials were packed at the NEC headquarters and transported to the magistrates' offices, before being redeployed to the 2,080 precincts and polling places.
"This means that staff, who are supposed to be working in those polling places, have already been deployed, and they are taking the materials along with them," she explained.
The electoral umpire urged the over 2.4 million registered voters across the country to turn out at their various polling places to peacefully cast their ballot for their respective candidates while condemning, in strong terms, all violence that was recorded during the campaign period which ended at midnight Sunday.
She added that adequate security arrangements had already been made for a peaceful election process. ■