: The True Whig Party had held power since 1878, often using ceremonial elections to maintain its dominance.
The glaring issue was that at the time, Liberia only had roughly . Statistically, this meant the voter turnout was in excess of 1,660%. A System of Exclusion : The True Whig Party had held power
In 1927, Charles D. B. King , the 17th President of Liberia, secured a re-election victory that was so mathematically impossible it earned him a permanent spot in the Guinness World Records for the most fraudulent election in history. The Impossible Landslide A System of Exclusion In 1927, Charles D
: Voting rights were constitutionally limited to Americo-Liberians, a small minority of the population. Faulkner of the People's Party
The official results of the 1927 general election stated that King, a member of the ruling True Whig Party, received approximately . His opponent, Thomas J. Faulkner of the People's Party, was credited with just 9,000 votes.
: The ruling class often behaved as a superior group to the indigenous population, excluding them from the democratic process while simultaneously exploiting their labor. Scandal and Resignation