In Canada, every candidate has the right to appoint representatives to observe the voting and the counting of ballots. Said representatives get a copy of the o

In Canada, every candidate has the right to appoint representatives to observe the voting and the counting of ballots. Said representatives get a copy of the official counts from the polling places they were observing, and the campaigns check the arithmetic. Do most people trust the officials? Sure. But any campaign with enough volunteers is able to verify everything.