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"Illustrative of this minimum standard is Paragraph 7.4 of the OSCE 1990 Copenhagen Document, which requires that votes "are counted and reported honestly with the official results made public." This requires that votes be counted and tabulated in the presence of observers, and that the entire process by which a winner is determined be fully and completely transparent."

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OSCE (ODIHR): Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, First Edition, p. 28

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Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, First Edition

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Vote counting should be a transparent and observable process.