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The 1927 Liberian presidential election supposedly recorded 243k votes for incumbent president Charles D.B. King despite an electorate of only 15k. Obviously if so the election was rigged, but also what on earth was going on there? Is this true?

by /u/tombomp in /r/AskHistorians

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