Summary
Ballot boxes should be properly sealed at the beginning of the vote.
Obligations
Election Parts
Issues
Quotes
- [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.
- It is important to note…whether [ballot boxes] are... properly sealed.
- At the opening and closing of the poll, the procedures for handling and sealing ballot boxes should be open to the scrutiny of those party agents and other observers who may be present.