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Citizens are asked to manage the voting process and counting. I've helped in this role for a long time, but considered my duty done as it sometimes was a lot o

Citizens are asked to manage the voting process and counting. I've helped in this role for a long time, but considered my duty done as it sometimes was a lot of work deep into the nights especially if several elections and referendums where conducted at the same time. Everyone can attend the voting process and counting process. Schools etc. for places to vote, voting booths, paper etc. is supplied by the administration as is the selection of citizens who manage the voting and counting process. The Federal Returning Officer is responsible for organizing elections (for federal elections, similar posts exists for state elections and I assume local ones). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Returning_Officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Returning_Officer

majewsky 9y ago
> Everyone can attend the voting process and counting process. As a sidenote, this is not just a theoretical right. People are exercising it. I volunteered as an election assistant in one of the previous elections in Germany. We were a team of five assigned to a constituency of about 1000 voters, and when we counted the votes, three citizens were present to observe the counting. As I submitted the results (via phone) to the next-higher level, I also noted the numbers down for myself and checked, later in the evening, that the numbers on the website of the returning officer matched those that I recorded. (They did.)
- _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
  "As a sidenote, this is not just a theoretical right. People are exercising it." Same experience here.
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- smueller1234 9y ago
  Thank you for volunteering and verifying!
wiz21c 9y ago
there's something similar in Belgium. Many people from the general society, from various political parties are involved and are checking that everything is going smooth. they've tried eVoting but had to stop in one of the region because it's too expensive (i.e. the totally unrelated reason to stop it, but anyway, it's gone) See http://www.poureva.be http://www.poureva.be

majewsky 9y ago

> Everyone can attend the voting process and counting process. As a sidenote, this is not just a theoretical right. People are exercising it. I volunteered as an election assistant in one of the previous elections in Germany. We were a team of five assigned to a constituency of about 1000 voters, and when we counted the votes, three citizens were present to observe the counting. As I submitted the results (via phone) to the next-higher level, I also noted the numbers down for myself and checked, later in the evening, that the numbers on the website of the returning officer matched those that I recorded. (They did.)

_Codemonkeyism 9y ago
"As a sidenote, this is not just a theoretical right. People are exercising it." Same experience here.
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smueller1234 9y ago
Thank you for volunteering and verifying!

wiz21c 9y ago

there's something similar in Belgium. Many people from the general society, from various political parties are involved and are checking that everything is going smooth. they've tried eVoting but had to stop in one of the region because it's too expensive (i.e. the totally unrelated reason to stop it, but anyway, it's gone) See http://www.poureva.be http://www.poureva.be