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vc Vote Counting

vc40 Cost Considerations

vc41 Cost Components

vca Electoral System and Ballot Type Implications for the Count

vca01 Electoral Systems Counting Requirements
vca02 Ballot Type Counting Requirements
vca03 Transforming Votes to Seats

vcb Vote Counting at Polling Stations

vcb01 Opening/Closing Ballot Boxes

vcb01a Reconciling Ballot Accounts

vcb02 Sorting

vcb02a Checking Validity of the Ballot
vcb02b Separating Spoiled/Rejected Ballots
vcb02c Separating Valid Ballots

vcb03 Tallying

vcb03a Count of Spoiled/Rejected Ballots
vcb03b Count of Valid Ballots
vcb03c Verification of Count
vcb03d Sealing the Ballots

vcb04 Transmitting Polling Station Results

vcb04a Polling Station Statement of Votes
vcb04b Issuance of Statement of Votes
vcb04c Communicating Results

vcb05 Consolidating Voting Results

vcb05c01 Consolidating Results: List Systems
vcb05c02 Consolidating Results: List Systems

vcb06 Publicizing Election Results

vcb06a Publishing Interim Election Results
vcb06b Publicizing Official Final Results

vcb07 Challenging Results

vcb07a Recount at Polling Station
vcb07b Recount at District/National Level
vcb07c Judicial Recounts

vcc Vote Counting at Counting Centres

vcc01 Preparation for Ballot Box Transport

vcc02 Transport of Ballot Boxes

vcc02a Securing of Ballot Boxes During Transportation
vcc02b Unloading of Ballot Boxes
vcc02c Completion of Transport Logs

vcc03 Opening and Closing of Ballot Boxes
vcc04 Sorting of Ballots

vcc04a Checking Validity of the Ballot
vcc04b Separating Spoiled/Rejected Ballots
vcc04c Separating Valid Ballots

vcc05 Tallying

vcc05a Count of Spoiled/Rejected Ballots
vcc05b Count of Valid Ballots
vcc05c Verification of Count
vcc05d Sealing of Ballot

vcc06 Transmitting Counting Centre Results

vcc06a Progress Reports; Cumulative Statement of Votes
vcc06b Issuance of Statement of Votes
vcc06c Communicating Results to National Level

vcc07 Consolidating Voting Results

vcc07a Receiving Results from Counting Centres
vcc07b Creating a Audit Trail
vcc07c Tallying Results Per Party/Candidate/Option

vcc08 Publicising Results
vcc09 Challenging Results

vcx Sample materials index

vcx_c002 Closing instructions for the deputy Returning Officer - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_c003 Count Checklist (PDF file)
vcx_c004 Quick reference - counting centres - Bangladesh (PDF file)
vcx_f001 Tally sheet Togo - Guinea (PDF file)
vcx_f002 Tally sheet - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_f003 Ballot paper account England - reconciliation form (PDF file)
vcx_f004 Statements of the vote (interim results) - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_f005 Statement of vote for officials final results - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_f006 Voting record book - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_f007 Adding polling stations results - Guinea (PDF file)
vcx_f008 Forms for mail-in and write-in ballots - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_f009 Movement of ballot box - Bosnia (PDF file)
vcx_f010 Request for recount (PDF file)
vcx_f011 Final results sheet - India (PDF file)
vcx_f012 Voting abroad registration forms - Spain (PDF file)
vcx_f013 Special ballot - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_f014 Samples of invalid and valid ballots - OSCE (PDF file)
vcx_l001 Examples of laws and regulations - Philippines (PDF file)
vcx_l002 Examples of laws and regulations - Belgium (PDF file)
vcx_l003 Examples of laws and regulations - Sweden (PDF file)
vcx_l004 Examples of laws and regulations - Ukraine (PDF file)
vcx_l005 Examples of laws and regulations - Spain (PDF file)
vcx_m001 Manual - South Africa (PDF file)
vcx_m002 Manual - counting at counting centres - Bosnia (PDF file)
vcx_m003 Manual - Quebec (PDF file)
vcx_m004 Manual - Sweden (PDF file)
vcx_o001 Distribution of seats - Sweden (PDF file)
vcx_o002 Ballot markings - Canada (PDF file)
vcx_p001 The Tasmanian Hare-Clark Scrutiny Process (PDF file)

vcy Country Examples Index

vcy_bf Vote Counting in Burkina Faso
vcy_es Escrutinio de Votos en España, Fragmentos de la Ley
vcy_gh Vote Counting in Ghana
vcy_id The Indonesian Elections 1999 - Case Study on Vote Counting
vcy_mz Counting Ballots in Mozambique: A Case Study of the 1999 Elections.
vcy_ru Local Elections in Russia : A Case Study
vcy_se Counting Ballots in Sweden
vcy_zw Vote Counting in Zimbabwe

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