If official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system, at which level results are entered into an electronic tabulation system?
New Zealand
Answer
Between polling station level and central level (see comments)
Source
Electoral Act 1993,reprinted in 2012
20B Designation ofReturning Officers
(1) For every electionto be held in a district, the Electoral Commission must, by notice in writing,designate an electoral official as the Returning Officer for the district. […]
Comment
System adopted since the early 1990s.
Votes are manually counted at the pollingstation and the results are provided by telephone to the Returning Officer’sheadquarters. Electoral officials at theReturning Officer’s headquarters are responsible for entering the results intothe Electoral Commission’s Election Management System (EMS). EMS is the computer system used to processpreliminary and official results. Results are reviewed foraccuracy at the Electoral Commission’s National Office using EMS.
