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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Closing and counting procedures should be established by law.


Obligations

  • Rule of Law

Election Parts

  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Legal Framework and Vote Counting and Tabulation

Criteria

  • The laws regulating elections were equally enforced and were not arbitrarily applied

Quotes

  • The vote counting should be conducted in a transparent manner. It is admissible that voters registered in the polling station may attend; the presence of national or international observers should be authorised. These persons must be allowed to be present in all circumstances. There must be enough copies of the record of the proceedings to distribute to ensure that all the aforementioned persons receive one; one copy must be immediately posted on the notice-board, another kept at the polling station and a third sent to the commission or competent higher authority.
  • Closing and counting procedures should be established in law and provide safeguards that guarantee a transparent, prompt and accurate count.
  • The relevant regulations should stipulate certain practical precautions as regards equipment. For example, the record of the proceedings should be completed in ballpoint pen rather than pencil, as text written in pencil can be erased.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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