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Vote Counting

Denmark Denmark

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: Part 9 Computation of the Poll in the Nomination District Counting of the Votes Cast at the Polling Station 68.-(1) When the voting is over, the polling supervisors and the appointed electors, cf. however section 74a, shall count the votes cast at the polling station. The counting is public. The number of votes cast for each party and for each independent candidate shall be counted.
Source: Elections Act, Ch.1, P.9, Art. 68(1). https://valg.oim.dk/media/16286/consolidated-act-parliament-elections-incl-chapt2-2014.pdf
Verified: 2019/05/27
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): b. Always recounted
d. By request
Comments: Recount in the Nomination District 72.-(1) Not later than on the day after the voting shall the local election committee assemble to undertake the final counting of the votes cast in the nomination district (recount). In nomination districts consisting of more than one municipality, the election committee shall assemble in the constituency municipality. The recount is public. (2) The local council shall see to it that the poll books, the used electoral registers and poll cards, the ballot papers and the advance voting material are present at the recount. The local council shall keep a copy of the poll books. Any voter has the right to complain about the election. [...] Requests for recounts are also considered. Complaints Any voter in the municipality or the region, respectively, may complain of the election. Complaints must be submitted in writing to the local council or the regional council, respectively, by the weekday after election day at the latest. Complaints are decided at a meeting to be held as soon as possible after expiry of the time-limit for the filing of complaints.
Source: Elections Act, Ch.1, P.9, Art. 72(1-2). The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark, Ch.5, Art. 5.2 Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior https://elections.oim.dk/local-elections/complaints/
Verified: 2019/05/27
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