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Record 1 2006-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

First, a legal ballot is one that is properly marked. Second, if a blank ballot and a marked ballot are folded together this is a legal ballot because blanks never count.

CONT

Integrity: the voting system ... must work faultlessly, and the result may not be susceptible to any form of influence other than the casting of lawful ballots.

Key term(s)
  • legal ballot paper
  • lawful ballot paper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Une fois l'urne ouverte, le responsable du bureau de vote vérifie d'abord que chacun des bulletins est authentique. On peut distinguer entre un bulletin légal et un faux en examinant le filigrane ou toute autre marque d'identification sur les bulletins légaux.

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