Report on parallel vote tabulation through quick count in the national elections 2008

COMFREL’s PVT aims to release reports on election result trends and election fraud patterns more quickly. PVT is able to reduce the amount of management activities of election observers. The methodology requires only a number of sample points (stations), where observers are able quickly and effectively to transfer data to the COMFREL central office using the telephone. No severe irregularities or intimidation inside polling stations during the electoral process on July 27 were reported. However many voters lost their names on the voter list or could not find their polling station due to voter list's validation and changes in polling station locations, all of which could affect the number of voter turn out and the election results to some extent.