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Vote Counting
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:
Source: Electoral Law as amended by Law No 56/VII/2010, art. 227:
https://cne.cv/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Codigo-Eleitoral-Lei-n%C2%B0-92-V-99-de-8-de-fevereiro-com-as-sucessivas-alteracoes.pdf (2026)
Verified: 2026/04/05
VC011
When are ballots recounted?
Question: Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s):
b . Always recounted e . Court order f . Other
Comments: Ballots may be recounted under the following conditions: 1) The General Count Assembly (assembleia de apuramento geral) has the administrative authority to recount votes without a prior court order under specific circumstances, including if there are "well-founded doubts" about the initial count performed by a specific polling station board (however, it cannot change the qualification of votes in such an instance). 2) A recount is a built-in part of the initial counting process. After the initial tally where tellers announce the votes and record them on a board, the president of the polling station board must perform a counter-proof count (contraprova) by physically counting the ballots in the separate piles created for each candidate, list, blank, and null status. 3) A court order (including in response to protests lodged by candidates or mandataries with the Constitutional Court).
Source: Electoral Law as amended by Law No 56/VII/2010, art. 227, 239, 243 (2), 254 (2), 401 (2):
https://cne.cv/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Codigo-Eleitoral-Lei-n%C2%B0-92-V-99-de-8-de-fevereiro-com-as-sucessivas-alteracoes.pdf (2026)
Verified: 2026/04/05
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