The idea with a "count" in a British election is that so many people from all the different parties are wandering around (both counting by hand and observing) t

The idea with a "count" in a British election is that so many people from all the different parties are wandering around (both counting by hand and observing) that it's difficult to get up to any funny business. There is obviously always a gap but I'm not aware of anything practical being pulled off with such a system