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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Votes should be counted and reported honestly.


Obligations

  • Prevention of Corruption

Election Parts

  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Partisan and Nonpartisan Observation of Vote Counting and Tabulation
  • Transparency in the Reporting, Transmission, and Publishing of Election Results

Criteria

  • The vote-counting process was transparent and observable
  • Votes were counted and reported honestly

Quotes

  • To ensure that the will of the people serves as the basis of the authority of government, the participating states will: (7.4) ensure that votes are cast by secret ballot or by equivalent free voting procedure, and that they are counted and reported honestly with the official results made public.
  • [States should] ensure transparency of the electoral process, particularly in: 8.2.3. the conduct of the ballot: it is advisable to ensure that polling stations are appropriately designed, that transparent ballot boxes are used, that voting booths are available, that counting takes place in public and that distance voting is well regulated.
  • [R]esults must be transmitted to the higher level in an open manner.
  • [V]oting slips must not be tampered with or marked in any way by polling station officials.
  • [A]t least two criteria should be used to assess the accuracy of the outcome of the ballot: the number of votes cast and the number of voting slips placed in the ballot box.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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