Electronic Voting & Fair Vote Counts: 15 Expert Reports

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3. Are ballots counted in an orderly and secure manner?

4. Is the count conducted in a transparent environment, with adequate arrangements for domestic observers?

5. Does the number of registered voters recorded as having voted correspond with the number of ballots cast?

6. Are unused ballots secured, cancelled, or destroyed after being counted?

7. Are invalid ballots properly identified in a uniform manner? Are invalid ballots appropriately segregated and preserved for review?

8. Do the ballots contain any unusual markings intended to violate the secrecy of the vote?

9. Does the number of invalid ballots seem inordinately high?

10. Does the counting adhere to the principle that the ballot is deemed valid if the will of the voter is clear?

11. Are ballots for each party or candidate separated correctly and counted individually?

12. Are any disputes or complaints resolved in a satisfactory manner?

13. Are official counting records correctly completed at the end of the count and signed by all authorized persons?

14. Are domestic observers and poll watchers from political parties able to obtain official copies of the protocol for the polling station?

15. Are the results publicly posted at the polling station?

16. Are there inappropriate activities by police and/or security forces, such as taking notes and reporting figures or results by telephone?

17. Did polling-station officials agree on the vote-count procedures and results, and, if not, what action was taken in case of disagreement?

PRINCETON STUDY: Feldman, Ariel J., J.A. Halderman, and E.W. Felten, "Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine," Center for Information Technology Policy and Dept. of Computer Science, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2006. http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting

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