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EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Detailed results should be available down to the lowest levels of aggregation (polling station).


Obligations

  • Transparency and Access to Information

Election Parts

  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Transparency in the Reporting, Transmission, and Publishing of Election Results

Criteria

  • Results were published in a timely manner, were publicly announced, and were posted at the counting station

Quotes

  • In particular, the EMB should ensure that: results are published in full, including a breakdown of results by individual polling station/counting centre, as well as regional constituencies, to allow for crosschecking of results.
  • The publication of results should include detailed breakdowns nationally, regionally (if applicable), and by polling stations (if votes are counted in this manner) or other voting sites or methods, except in highly exceptional circumstances where identifying the geographical distribution of the results of voting could lead to discrimination, retributions, or other severe adverse action against a local or regional population, and such circumstances should be explained and be subject to judicial review.
  • In particular, the EMB should ensure that: detailed results are published at every stage of the aggregation and tabulation process as soon as they are available, indicating how many votes have been won by each candidate or political party and the number of invalid votes.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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