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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: § 57. Ascertaining of voting results in voting district committee (1) A voting district committee shall open the ballot boxes after the close of voting. More than one-half of the members of the voting district committee shall be present at the opening.
Source: Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as last amended 13 April 2016, § 57.
Verified: 2019/02/20
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?


Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): b. Always recounted
Comments: § 60. Ascertaining of voting results in county electoral committees (1) On the basis of the records received from the voting district committees, the county electoral committees shall ascertain the number of voters entered in the lists, the number of voters who were given a ballot paper, the number of ballot papers extracted from the ballot boxes, including the number of invalid ballot papers, and the number of votes cast for candidates and political parties, and shall enter these numbers in a standard format record. The result obtained shall be checked by recounting the ballot papers.
Source: Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as last amended on 13 April 2016, § 60: (1).
Verified: 2019/02/20
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