Ahead of the September 16 General Election, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) confirmed that while new technology will be used for voter verification, the counting of votes will remain a manual process. After polling concludes, ballot papers will be tallied at each polling station, with results then transmitted to constituency-level tally centres. From there, the figures will be sent electronically to the national tally centre for aggregation. MEC emphasized that this process ensures transparency and accuracy, allowing political parties and observers to verify counts at each stage while maintaining the integrity of the electoral outcome.
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