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Comparative view

Election safeguards matrix

Which countries can actually check their own count — ballot type, audit requirement, who runs the election, who may observe it, and how people register and vote. One row per country profile, read from the same records as the profiles themselves.

Audit requirements are recorded for 50 of 51 country profiles. Blank cells are gaps in this database, not findings about the country.

Election safeguards matrix
CountryBallotAuditRun byDomestic observersInternational observersRegistrationVoter IDPostalFrom abroad
IndiaIndiaElectronic + paper trailAd hocIndependent commissionYesnot recordedVoter-initiatedAny documentRestrictedNone
TürkiyeTürkiyePaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneUniversal
АвстрияАвстрияPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesAutomaticAny documentUniversalUniversal
АржентинаАржентинаPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
БеларусБеларусPaperNoneGovernmentYesNoState-initiatedAny documentNoneUniversal
БоливияБоливияPaperNoneIndependent commissionYesYesMixednot recordedNoneRestricted
Босна и ХерцеговинаБосна и ХерцеговинаPaperMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedUniversal
БразилияБразилияElectronic onlyAd hocJudiciaryYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
БългарияБългарияMixedJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentNoneRestricted
ВенецуелаВенецуелаElectronic + paper trailAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ГамбияГамбияMixedAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
ГватемалаГватемалаPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ГерманияГерманияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentUniversalRestricted
ГрузияГрузияMixedMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ЕквадорЕквадорPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ЗамбияЗамбияPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
ИзраелИзраелPaperJudicial onlyJudiciaryYesNoAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ИндонезияИндонезияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesState-initiatedPhoto IDnot recordedUniversal
Кабо ВердеКабо ВердеPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneUniversal
КанадаКанадаPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesnot recordedMixedAny documentUniversalUniversal
КенияКенияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ЛатвияЛатвияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
ЛитваЛитваPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
МалавиМалавиPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatednot recordedNoneNone
МарокоМарокоPaperJudicial onlyGovernmentYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
МексикоМексикоPaperMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
МозамбикМозамбикPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesVoter-initiatedAny documentNoneRestricted
МолдоваМолдоваPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentnot recordedUniversal
НигерияНигерияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
НикарагуаНикарагуаPaperNoneGovernmentNoNoState-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
Нова ЗеландияНова ЗеландияPaperMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesMixedNoneRestrictedRestricted
Обединеното кралствоОбединеното кралствоPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesnot recordedVoter-initiatedPhoto IDVariesRestricted
ПакистанПакистанPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesState-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedNone
ПолшаПолшаPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedUniversal
РумънияРумънияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
РусияРусияMixedNoneGovernmentYesNoState-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
СенегалСенегалPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneUniversal
СловакияСловакияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedRestricted
Съединени щатиСъединени щатиMixedVariesMixedYesYesVoter-initiatedVariesVariesUniversal
СърбияСърбияPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ТайванТайванPapernot recordedIndependent commissionYesnot recordedState-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
УкрайнаУкрайнаPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneUniversal
УнгарияУнгарияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
ФиджиФиджиPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
ФилипинитеФилипинитеElectronic + paper trailMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatednot recordedRestrictedUniversal
ФранцияФранцияPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesMixedPhoto IDNoneUniversal
ХаитиХаитиPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
ШвецияШвецияPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedUniversal
Южен СуданЮжен СуданPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedAny documentNoneRestricted
Южна АфрикаЮжна АфрикаPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
Южна КореяЮжна КореяPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted

How to read this

These are formal rules, not an assessment of practice. A country with strong rules on paper may still administer an election badly, and a country with weak rules may run a clean one. Nothing here is scored or ranked: this database publishes no composite integrity score, because collapsing these very different columns into one number would hide exactly the distinctions the table exists to show.

“Not recorded” means this database has not yet established the rule — it is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that the safeguard is absent. A country that genuinely has no audit requirement is shown as “None”.