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Many countries have rules on how closely campaign workers can stand to polling stations. The required distance helps ensure that voters do not feel intimidated or coerced. In Washington, D.C., campaign workers hand out materials outside a polling station
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A polling station manager in Washington, D.C., demonstrates his precinct’s electronic voting equipment during the 2010 congressional elections. As technology is introduced in the electoral process, transparency can be promoted by ensuring that voters and
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Having properly registered voters helps ensure that each citizen gets only one vote. During the Philippines' May 2012 national elections, a poll worker helps voters check in before they vote.
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A woman feeds her ballot into the Precinct Optical Scan machine at a polling center in Taguig City, Philippines. The automated system introduced during the May 2010 elections was intended to alleviate concern about electoral fraud. Lean Paison
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Officials and voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo react to finding a pre-filled ballot at their polling station. Firouzeh Afsharnia
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One of the most critical stages of the election process is the counting of the ballots. Observers are encouraged to watch the count in order to be able to vouch for its credibility. During the 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democrati