Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?

AfghanistanElection Observation Mission Report 2014 Final Report

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DI observersfollowed and documented the entire results tallying process, which was composedof the following activities:

TEB IntakeProcessing – Tamper-Evident Bags returning from the provinces were brought tothe intake office where they were logged into the results sheet tracking systemdatabase to confirm receipt and update the TEB inventory;

Results Sheet Scanning – After the resultssheets were entered into the inventory database, they were moved to the NTC forscanning into the results database;

Entry of the Digitized Results Sheets –Copies of the digitized results sheets were distributed to IEC tally centerstaff who keyed in the results of each tally sheet. The entry process wasrepeated by a different data entry operator in a standard double-blindoperation; and

Review and Verification of Data Entry – Uponcompletion of the entry process, each polling station’s results sheet wasmatched against the original scan and the double entries. Any discrepanciesresulted in further review by IEC supervisors. This cycle was repeated untilthe entries and original results sheets were reconciled, or the results sheetswere referred to supervisors to isolate and investigate the discrepancy.

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