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"The legal framework should provide, in clear and objective language, the procedures for transferring the protocol results of counting, ballots, and election materials from lower election commissions to intermediate and higher election commissions for tabulation and safekeeping."

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OSCE (ODIHR): Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, First Edition, p. 29

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Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, First Edition

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Vote counting procedures should be verifiable and votes should be preserved for review.