Results
should be counted according to candidate or party for each voting station and
each electoral district. The national electoral management body will then count
the total national results per political party or candidate and indicate this
to be the final result.
In all
cases, a double counting procedure should be used, even if it is computerised,
before the results are publicly posted.
After
each five to ten ballot boxes for example, a comparison should be done between
the two persons responsible for the counts.
If
results do not match, the previous few addition figures can easily be verified
and corrected.
If a
computerised system is used, it is recommended that two persons should enter
the same data on separate computer workstations.
The
computer systems can be programmed to immediately indicate when and where
entries do not match for a specific electoral district. This makes the process
of verification much simpler.
