Section 04 · 4 entries
The Count
What happens after the polls close.
What happens after the polls close is a written procedure, not a judgement made on the night. These entries cover what makes a mark valid, how surpluses and eliminated candidates' papers move, when a second count is triggered, and what a spoil rate is usually measuring.
Every entry in The Count
Each one is a single rule and what it demonstrably does, with the country and the period named.
- 4.1Counting rulesWhat makes a mark valid, who adjudicates it, and why the rule has to be written before anyone knows it matters.
- 4.2TransfersMoving a surplus or an eliminated candidate's papers, and the different methods for deciding which papers move.
- 4.3RecountsThresholds, who may request one, and why a second count is not simply the first count repeated.
- 4.4Spoiled papersDeliberate and accidental spoiling, and what the rate is usually measuring.
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