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Vote Counting

Gambia Gambia

VC004

Votes are sorted/counted at
Question:Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer: c. Special counting centres
Comments: Ballots are counted at special counting centers operated by the Commission.
Source: Elections Decree 78 of 1996, part V, section 72, 73, 75: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/GM/gambia-elections-decree-78-of-1996/view
Verified: 2017/03/21
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): d. By request
Comments: A candidate or his agent may, if present when the counting or any recount of the votes is completed, require the Returning Officer to have the votes recounted or again re-counted but the Returning Officer may refuse to do so if in his opinion the request is unreasonable. No step shall be taken on the completion of the counting or any recounting of votes until the candidates and their counting agents present at the completion thereof have been give a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by subsection (1).
Source: Elections Decree 78 of 1996, part V, section 78: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/GM/gambia-elections-decree-78-of-1996/view
Verified: 2017/03/21
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