Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?

Cameroon

Cameroon

Answer
No
Source

Report of theCommonwealth Expert Team, CAMEROON LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, 30 September 2013 http://thecommonwealth.org/sites/default/files/press-release/documents/Cameroon%202013%20CET%20Report%20-%20Final.pdf?

Comment
The Cameroon 2013 CET report details the vote tabulation process as follows: The Electoral Code provides for vote counting and tallying to take place in each polling station immediately after the close of polls. The seals of the ballot box of the legislative elections are broken in the presence of the party representatives and other members of the Local Polling Commission; the same exercise is repeated for the municipal elections ballot box. In both instances, the envelopes are counted and placed on the table and the operation is done by a member of the Local Polling Commission, assisted by appointed scrutinizers, two for each type of election. One of the scrutinizers then takes the ballot paper out of each envelope, unfolds it and hands the ballot paper over to the other scrutinizer who then reads aloud the name of the party appearing on the ballot paper. Another member of the Local Polling Commission draws columns on a chalk board and each time the name of a party is called, the vote is recorded in the column reserved for the party. After the final tally is over, the votes recorded in respect of each party are recorded on the counting sheet, which is signed by each member of the Local Polling Commission. Where an envelope contains more than one ballot paper of two different parties, the ballot papers shall be declared invalid. Moreover, if there is more than one ballot paper for the same party in the envelope, such ballot paper will be counted as one vote. After the counting process, the Election Report is filled and is made in as many copies as there are members of the Polling Commission, plus two. The Election Report must be signed by all members of the Polling Commission and a copy of the report is handed over to each member who has signed the document. The Chairperson of the Local Polling Commission then hands in the signed copy of the Election Report to the Council Branch of ELECAM within 48 hours, and also forwards a copy to the local administration. A copy of the report shall be forwarded, within 48 (forty-eight) hours following the close of the poll to the Chairperson of the Divisional Supervisory Commission or to the Chairperson of the Council Supervisory Commission, where necessary.
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