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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

 Responsible for the Delimitation of Electoral  The number of ballots inside the ballot box in
constituency and Ward Row H
 Facilitate the observation , monitoring, and eval-  Record discrepancy if any in Row I
uation of all Public Elections  Sorting Steps
 Conduct Electoral Education and promote  The Presiding Officer makes three signs exam-
knowledge of sound democratic election pro- ple:(Kamara, Samura Mathew Wilson), (Bio, Ju-
cesses lius Maada) and (invalid)

4. Number of political parties  Place the three signs on the table and start the
17 sorting process

 Counting the votes
5. Number of polling stations
111,122 (2018 elections)  Presiding Officer counts the votes for each can-
didate and write the result in Section B in the Re-
6. Election system sults Reconciliation Form (RRF).
Presidential : direct vote, 55% of valid votes  Fill in Rows (J,K,L and M).
Parliamentary : First Past the Post Local elections  Ask the Political Parties Agents and observers to
: First Past the Post
sign the Results Reconciliation Form (RRF)
7. Opening and closing time of polling stations  Gives out a copy to the Political Parties Agents
Opening: 7 am Closing: 5 pm  The Presiding Officer (PO) MUST sign and stamp
the Results Reconciliation Form (RRF)
8. Counting process
Preparation for counting 9. How long does it take to announce voting results
Around 2 weeks
 At the closure of polls, all polling materials are
packed away (temporarily not sealed) including
unused ballot papers, stubs of used ballot pa-
pers and stamps

 Counting Steps
 No Screening or Reunification steps is needed
 Presiding Officer (PO) completes the Reconcilia-
tion step, fill out Section A of the Results Recon-
ciliation Form (RRF) as follows
 Before opening the ballot box Presiding Officer
(PO) records:
 The number of received ballot papers in Row D,
unused ballot papers in Row E, and spoiled ballot
papers in Row G.
 After opening the ballot box Presiding Officer
(PO) records:

Information on elections # seats Term of # candidates / political parties #districts
office
Presidential Elections 1 5 16/17 1

Parliamentary 146 5 795/17 16
Local government 446 4 2623/17 16

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