The Quick Count and Election Observation

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THE QUICK COUNT AND ELECTION OBSERVATION 173 FORM 1 (BACK) Instructions for the Quick Count Observer Remember that you have to make three phone calls, in the following order: 1. Ethics and Transparency’s Computer Center 2. Godfather or Godmother* 3. Departmental Coordinator The telephone numbers are the following: 1. Ethics and Transparency’s Computer Center 2. Godfather or Godmother 3. Departmental Coordinator APPENDIX 9A—CONTINUED IMPORTANT 1. When calling from a department to Managua, you should first dial zero (0). 2. Remember to write your Quick Count Observer CODE in the boxes indicated. Follow this procedure for reading the code: Read the first number and pause briefly, then read the second two numbers together, and finally read the last two numbers together. Example: 5 32 97 Five (Pause); Three, Two (Pause); Nine, Seven 3. Remember to write the number of the polling station at the beginning and end of the form. 4. Your answers to the Operator should be CLEAR AND DELIBERATE. 5. If you are interrupted or experience confusion, follow the lead of the operator; repeat information beginning with the question requested by the operator. 6. It is important to make all of the calls, starting with the Computer Center, then the Godfather or Godmother, and finally the Departmental Coordinator. After three unsuccessful attempts to the Computer Center, call the Godfather or Godmother, then make your call to the Departmental Coordinator. After this, try the call to the Computer Center again until you have been successful. In case of emergency, call your Municipal Coordinator. REMEMBER TO FILL OUT AND REPORT FORM 2 * “Godfathers and Godmothers” were private citizens who volunteered on election day to receive quick count observer telephone calls at their homes as a backup to the quick count computer center.
A P P E N D I C E S 174 APPENDIX 9B FORM 2 FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTIONS 2001 Code Polling Station 1. yes no 2. Was the election process discontinued at this polling station? If your answer is yes, proceed to the end of this form and make your phone call Were there any irregularities during the voting or counting processes? yes no If your answer is yes, answer question #3; if your answer is no, proceed to question #4 Answer YES or NO. 3-A yes no The president explained the voting procedures 3-B yes no Persons carrying weapons were allowed to vote 3-C yes no The polling station closed with voters still waiting in line 3-D yes no Electoral police were inside the polling station 3-E yes no Voters had political propaganda 3-F yes no The form certifying the close of the polling station and the final count was not signed 3-G yes no Inebriated persons were allowed to vote 3-H yes no Persons without proper documentation, but whose names appeared on the voter list, were not permitted to vote 3-I yes no Persons with proper documentation were not permitted to vote 3-J yes no Other 4. When did the counting of votes begin? (circle the correct letter) A Before 6:00 pm B 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm C After 8:00 pm During the counting process, other than the administrators of the polling station, who else was present? (circle the correct letter) 5. yes no Party Pollwatchers 6. yes no Election Observers 7. yes no Voters Party agents present for the vote counting process (circle the correct answer) 8. yes no Constitutional Liberal Party 9. yes no Sandinista National Liberation Front 10. yes no Conservative Party 11. yes no YATAMA Party 12. yes no PAMUC Party Results for the presidential election: 13. votes Constitutional Liberal Party 14. votes Sandinista National Liberation Front 15. votes Conservative Party 16. votes Null 17. votes Challenged 18. Did you observe the entire counting process at this polling station? (i.e., all 4 elections) yes no If the answer is yes, answer question #19; if the answer is no, proceed to the end of the form. 19. Did any political party contest the results at this polling station? yes no If the answer is yes, answer questions #20 and #21; if the answer is no, proceed to the end of the form. Which party contested the results at this polling station? 20-A yes no Constitutional Liberal Party 20-B yes no Sandinista National Liberation Front 20-C yes no Conservative Party 20-D yes no YATAMA Party 20-E yes no PAMUC Party What were the arguments for the challenge? 21-A yes no Legal procedures for installing the polling station were not followed 21-B yes no Voting took place at an unauthorized location 21-C yes no The documentation of the process was incomplete or altered 21-D yes no Other Polling Station No.
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