Resources


The Quick Count and Election Observation: An NDI Guide for Civic Organizations and Political Parties
This handbook to conducting a Quick Count (also known as Parallel Vote Tabulation, or PVT) addresses the importance of developing systematic observation of vital election day processes, including the quality of voting, ballot counting and tabulation of election results, as well as the projection of electoral results with extremely narrow margins of error and high degrees of statistical confidence. It covers:
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Planning and organizational issues;

Building Confidence in the Voter Registration Process: An NDI Monitoring Guide for Political Parties and Civic Organizations
This voter registration monitoring guide addresses:
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The role of voter registration and the principal types of voter registration systems;
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Why it is important for political parties and civic organizations to monitor these systems;
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Specific techniques for monitoring processes for collecting names, creating a voter registry and polling station voter lists, correcting errors in the lists and use of the lists on election day.