Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?
Ireland
Citizen Information: Counting the votes, accessed 28 October 2018
“When polling is over, all the ballot boxes are taken to a central counting place for each constituency. The count starts at 9am on the day after polling day. The ballot papers are then sorted into piles of ballot papers for each candidate.
The ballot papers are mixed, counted and sorted and spoiled papers are rejected. A paper is spoiled if it does not have an official stamp, if it does not indicate a clear choice, for example, if you have indicated No. 1 twice on the paper, or if anything is written on the ballot paper by which the voter can be identified. The total valid poll therefore, is the total number of votes minus the number of spoiled papers.”
OSCE/ODIHR: Needs Assessment Mission Report: Parliamentary Elections, 26 February 2016, accessed 28 October 2018
“Results per constituency are announced by each respective Returning Officer upon the completion of the count; centralized tabulation does not take place. However, media present during the counts regularly report intermediate results and compile nationwide figures in their election coverage.”