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- ↑ "National Tally Center Results Report 23 November 2005 for the Election of the President, Vice-President, Senate, and House of Representatives on 11 October 2005" (PDF). National Elections Commission. November 23, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Liberia: Double Trouble for Kabineh Ja'neh". The News. AllAfrica. July 29, 2006. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ↑ Sonpon III, Leroy M. (December 24, 2014). "Liberia: Did Wesseh Win On 'Sympathy'?". Liberian Observer . AllAfrica. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Liberia: Sen. Williams on Wesseh Back Again". The Analyst. AllAfrica. August 21, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ↑ "National Tally Center Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011" (PDF). National Elections Commission. September 25, 2011. p. 12. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
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