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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMB’s and Partner Organisations of A-WEB
5. Election system During counting, the Presiding officer also deter-
Presidential: absolute majority Parliamentary: mines Votes that are spoiled and those that are
FPTP Local elections : FPTP invalid.
6. Opening and closing time of polling stations Spoiled votes are those that have been used but not
Opening: 7 am cast in the transparent Ballot Box and are marked
Closing 4 pm as” spoiled”. Invalid Votes are those cast using
un-authorised mark(s) of choice or are marked in
7. Counting process such a way that the Presiding Officer cannot deter-
Presiding Officer with assistance of Polling Assis- mine the intention or choice of the Voter. They are
tants places a Black polyethene sheet provided for marked as “invalid”.
the counting purpose on the floor/ground in full
view of voters present. The total of each candidates’ valid votes in the
bundle are announced and Results filled in Forms
Presiding Officer cuts the seals open of one Trans- provided, namely: The Official Report Book; The
parent Ballot Box at a time, containing cast ballots Accountability of Ballot papers; and the Declara-
used per Office and empties the contents on the tion of Results Forms.
Polyethene Sheet.
The Presiding Officer announces the winner at the
Presiding Officer and Polling Assistants unfold and Polling station.
straighten the cast ballots into a single heap.
8. How long does it take to announce voting results
Presiding Officer assigns the Polling Assistants to in your country
receive and hold the sorted cast ballot papers per 48 hours after closing of polling stations
candidate.
Beginning with the least heap, Votes are sorted
and counted in bundles of 50 to make addition
and counting easier. Each candidates bundles are
bound together using Rubber Bands.
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