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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

The audit system for electronic technologies should be open and comprehensive.


Obligations

  • Right and Opportunity to Participate in Public Affairs

Election Parts

  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Partisan and Nonpartisan Observation of Vote Counting and Tabulation

Criteria

  • If electronic voting systems were used, there was an open and comprehensive audit
  • The vote-counting process was transparent and observable

Quotes

  • The audit system shall be open and comprehensive, and actively report on potential issues and threats.
  • Provision must be in place in the legal framework so that independent verification of the accuracy and soundness of hardware and software used for counting ballots can occur.
  • While not all aspects of NVT can be directly observed, there are a number of activities that can be observed and which should be open to observers. These include not only the activities of election administrators and vendors in deploying, setting up and modifying the system, but also the activities of certification, testing and audit authorities.
  • Certification requirements or criteria should exist prior to the introduction of the NVT, rather than being tailored to match the NVT system. These requirements should be public and in accordance with relevant national legal provisions and international standards.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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