Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?
Kuwait
Article 35 to 39 provides that the Electoral Committee are responsible for the tabulation of votes. When voting closes, election officials at each polling station within the same district take the ballot boxes to the main polling station for counting all votes for the district. The manual counting of votes is managed by government officials and judges and done in front of observers.
Democracy Reporting International, Assessment of the Electoral Framework: Final Report
"The Election Law provides that after the counting of votes has been completed a minute of the vote counting process is compiled in two copies (an ‘original’ and a second copy). All material (marked ballots, minutes, etc.) are placed in the ballot box and sealed and transferred to the primary sub-committee and then to the ‘Original Committee’. The material is accompanied by the president of the primary sub-committee, a representative from the Ministry of Interior and up to five representatives of candidates (based on an election or lottery). The Original Committee aggregates all polling results to determine the final district-level election results. The presidents and members of all sub-committees and representatives of three candidates may be present during the aggregation phase. Minutes of the aggregation are prepared by the Original Committee. Copies of all sub-committee minutes are attached to the Original Committee’s minutes and sent to the Ministry of Interior. The original election material is sent to the National Assembly until the resolution of all legal appeals. The Original Committee declares which candidates have been elected. The persons receive certification from the secretariat general of the National Assembly."
