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Vote Counting

Bahamas Bahamas

VC004

Votes are sorted/counted at
Question:Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer: a. The polling stations
Comments: The ballots are counted by the presiding officer at the polling station where they were casted.
Source: Electoral Law, Art. 65 http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/BS/bahamas-parliamentary-elections-act-2012/view (2017)
Verified: 2017/03/27
VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): b. Always recounted
Comments: Upon a re-count the returning officer shall in the presence of such of the candidates or their election agents as are present
Source: Electoral Law, Art. 66 http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/BS/bahamas-parliamentary-elections-act-2012/view (2017)
Verified: 2017/03/27
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