Liberians Cast Vote for New President

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Polls have closed in Liberia, where voters Tuesday cast ballots in a presidential election that marks the West African nation's first fully democratic transition of power in more than 70 years.

The country's 2.1 million registered voters were choosing the successor to Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female elected head of state, who is stepping down after serving two six-year terms, as mandated by Liberia's constitution.

The officials results are expected in two weeks.

The U.S. State Department called the election "an important step toward achieving Liberia's first peaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected head of state to another."