IEC-ECC Fact Sheet Audit Processx

Fact Sheet on the Audit Process in Response to ECCO rder of 8 September 2009 In accordance with the 8 September 2009 ordere oEfl etchtoral Complaints Commission (ECC), the ECC and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) adg retheat auditing of suspect Presidential ballotsl l shabe carried out through a random sampling of bbaollxoets that fell within the order and were idedn tifiethrough triggers in the national database. The objectives of the sampling process are: to establish whether there are physical indicatoofr s ballot box stuffing in the ballot boxes examined; to establish whether there are physical indicatofr s ballot box tampering in the ballot boxes examined; to establish whether there are physical indicatoofr sa ny other electoral irregularity in the ballot boxes examined; based on the indicators identified, to establisthte rpnas of fraud of sample populations that can be expressed mathematically. The sampling and audit processes will be conduoctne dt he basis of established statistical methodst,h withe aim to ensure that a clear outcome to Afgahna’ns is2t009 Presidential election is reached without undue delay. In compliance with procedures agreed between theC EaCnd IEC, an initial selection of 313 ballot boxeswas made. These were retrieved from the IEC piraol vinwcarehouses and brought to the IEC headquarters, under the constant ...