At the time of voting and counting of votes, the official representatives of political parties remain present.

After the election, the ballot boxes are taken to the counting center and ready to be counted. The counting officer will confirm the seals on the ballot box and open it. The official representatives of political parties remain present at the venue for many reasons:

1. The ballot box is emptied on a table in the presence of counting officers, representatives of political parties and candidates, observers, etc to ensure credibility.

2. Sealed envelopes attached to the ballot boxes are opened in the presence of representatives only to avoid future confusions.

3. The ballots on the table are counted to establish quantity. The number of ballots in the ballot box should match the number of voters who voted. These are ensured by all the representatives and authority.

4. Once all ballots are sorted and tallied by candidate and party to verify that all totals are correct before making the official entries and completing the statement of the vote for the ballot box only after the surety of the representatives.

5. Everybody (observers and security personnel may be excluded) involved in the counting process should sign the forms to confirm that the accounting of ballots was satisfactory. This avoids later dilemmas.

6. In case of inconsistency, the counting process should be repeated until the missing ballots are found. Therefore the political party representatives stay vigilant.

7. The chances of significant fraud can be disabled by the scrutiny of the representatives of political parties.