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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Safeguards were put in place to ensure that there existed no opportunity to falsify or substitute ballots, including during the vote counting and tabulation process


Election Parts

  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Safeguards to Prevent Falsification of Ballots
Summaries
  • Elections must be held by equal suffrage.
  • The electoral system should endeavor to ensure equal suffrage by according each voter and vote equal weight.
  • No opportunity should exist to falsify or to substitute ballot papers.
  • Safeguards should be in place to ensure the accuracy of the vote, no matter the form of balloting or counting used (manual, mechanical, or electronic).
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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