Lancaster Online.com: News : Mount Joy's Ryan Musser observes history in Sierra Leone
Election peaceful in a nation recently torn by brutal war
By MEAGAN INGERSON, Staff
Lancaster New Era
Published: Aug 27, 2007 11:00 AM EST
Ryan Musser
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - On Aug. 11, hundreds of people were lined up hours before dawn, wrapping around buildings, waiting their turn.
But they weren't trying to buy the latest gadget or get tickets to a nearly sold-out show. They were getting ready to vote.
That was the scene witnessed by Mount Joy resident Ryan Musser when he traveled with a group to Sierra Leone to observe the country's first independent national election.
Musser, 20, returned Aug. 17 from the West African nation, where he and eight others met with locals and studied the election process ... more ...
