The counting officers often use a count sheet to count the ballots. The representatives of political parties and candidates, and observers observing the count may have a count sheet as well. The official sheet is the one used by the counting officer in charge of the count.

The proper information regarding the voting station number and the electoral district should be written at the top or bottom of the form. Each column should show the names of the candidates or party or option as they appear on the ballot.

There are two common types of count sheets: one where each square represents a vote for a candidate or party, and the other where you draw a square with a diagonal mark denoting five votes

In the first case, each square may be marked with a tick for each vote for a candidate or party. At the end, the total for each will be easy to count. In the second case, four vertical marks and a diagonal one are made. Each square represents five votes for a candidate or party.

To correct mistakes, if several count sheets are used at once then there is only a need to correct errors when the results of the count are no longer synchronized.

Establishing correlation between count sheets requires a pause for consensus as to how many votes are recorded per candidate at certain set times (every one hundred ballots for example). Restarting the count at the last point of correlation is much more efficient than beginning the entire count all over again.