Chuuk State Election Office Director, Mr. Yasen Herry, on upcoming run-off election

FSMIS (March 12, 2013): Through phone conversation, Chuuk State Election Office Director, Mr. Yasen Herry, confirmed that the results of March 2 general election have been certified by the Chuuk State Election Commission.

For the governor race, none of the candidates garnered over 50% of the total cast votes. Therefore, a run-off election is in order between the top-two vote getters, namely the Narruhn-Williander pair and the incumbent Elimo-Heldard pair.

Director Herry stated that according to regulations, run-off election must take place on the fourth Tuesday after the general election. For that reason, the election office is preparing for the run-off to take place on the 2nd of April, 2013.

As for petitions or any form of intervention to challenge the results, Mr. Herry said that there has not been any by any of the gubernatorial candidates (as of the time of the interview).

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