Haiti - Elections : Reasons to send a minute to the Legal Control Unit
For the second round of presidential and legislative elections of 2011, the list of programmed criteria has been completely redesigned both in terms of quality and quantity to reflect the findings made by both internal and observing organizations after the first round. All minutes (PV) responding to one or more of these criteria is sent for review to the Legal Control Unit.
PV product on a false print: attempted fraud on a printed not produced by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP)
PV product on a genuine printed, but belonging to another Polling Station (BV)
Minute with erasure - crossing-out : Condition in which some essential data as the number of votes or the names of candidates can not be read with certainty
Unreadable results: Condition in which some essential data are illegible due to poor penmanship, labels pasted on the results, etc.
Counting of votes in letters not equal to that in figures
Suspect data: Anything that suggests that the data could be erroneous or falsified; Example: A candidate receives an unusually high number of votes considering the turnout in the Voting Center
A visual evidence of data corruption of votes
One or more candidates don't have the number of votes indicated
PV missing but Partial Electoral list (LEP) and tally sheet available
Name or signature of certain members of the polling station are missing
Total number of votes greater than the number of eligible voters in a given BV (450 + 5 in general)
PV with irregularities
Number of votes excessive algorithm with multiple conditions
PV blank
Other reasons
The operations of data entry, allow to introduce in the database the data contained on the PV for each candidate in an accurate and reliable way. The data entry is done in two identical steps. A first seizure is initially performed in an Area of seized 1, by operators wearing a blue jacket. The second seizure took place in the Area of seized 2 adjacent to the area of the first seized. The operators wear a red jacket to distinguish them from the first and thus be able to highlight prohibited movement of personnel of seizure. In no case, the operators of the first seizure should enter into contact with those of the second during the periods of seizure. In addition, the two seizures are called blind, that is to say that the PVs are randomly distributed to data entry operators who can not know in principle who made the previous entry. The first operator has no idea of the identity of the second and vice versa. This eliminates the risk of collusion. In addition, operators are subjected to a specific code of conduct which prohibits any attempt of communication or alteration of documents.
