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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
AlmanyaAlmanyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentUniversalRestricted
Amerika Birleşik DevletleriAmerika Birleşik DevletleriMixedVariesMixedYesYesVoter-initiatedVariesVariesUniversal
ArjantinArjantinPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
AvusturyaAvusturyaPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesAutomaticAny documentUniversalUniversal
BelarusBelarusPaperNoneGovernmentYesNoState-initiatedAny documentNoneUniversal
Birleşik KrallıkBirleşik KrallıkPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesnot recordedVoter-initiatedPhoto IDVariesRestricted
BolivyaBolivyaPaperNoneIndependent commissionYesYesMixednot recordedNoneRestricted
Bosna-HersekBosna-HersekPaperMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedUniversal
BrezilyaBrezilyaElectronic onlyAd hocJudiciaryYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
BulgaristanBulgaristanMixedJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentNoneRestricted
Cabo VerdeCabo VerdePaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneUniversal
EkvadorEkvadorPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
EndonezyaEndonezyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesState-initiatedPhoto IDnot recordedUniversal
FasFasPaperJudicial onlyGovernmentYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
FijiFijiPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
FilipinlerFilipinlerElectronic + paper trailMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatednot recordedRestrictedUniversal
FransaFransaPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesMixedPhoto IDNoneUniversal
GambiyaGambiyaMixedAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
GuatemalaGuatemalaPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
Güney AfrikaGüney AfrikaPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
Güney KoreGüney KorePaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
Güney SudanGüney SudanPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedAny documentNoneRestricted
GürcistanGürcistanMixedMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
HaitiHaitiPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
HindistanHindistanElectronic + paper trailAd hocIndependent commissionYesnot recordedVoter-initiatedAny documentRestrictedNone
İsrailİsrailPaperJudicial onlyJudiciaryYesNoAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
İsveçİsveçPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedUniversal
KanadaKanadaPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesnot recordedMixedAny documentUniversalUniversal
KenyaKenyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
LetonyaLetonyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
LitvanyaLitvanyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
MacaristanMacaristanPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
MalaviMalaviPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatednot recordedNoneNone
MeksikaMeksikaPaperMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedRestricted
MoldovaMoldovaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentnot recordedUniversal
MozambikMozambikPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesVoter-initiatedAny documentNoneRestricted
NijeryaNijeryaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
NikaraguaNikaraguaPaperNoneGovernmentNoNoState-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
PakistanPakistanPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesState-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedNone
PolonyaPolonyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedUniversal
RomanyaRomanyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
RusyaRusyaMixedNoneGovernmentYesNoState-initiatedPhoto IDRestrictedUniversal
SenegalSenegalPaperJudicial onlyMixedYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneUniversal
SırbistanSırbistanPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneRestricted
SlovakyaSlovakyaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticAny documentRestrictedRestricted
TayvanTayvanPapernot recordedIndependent commissionYesnot recordedState-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone
TürkiyeTürkiyePaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneUniversal
UkraynaUkraynaPaperJudicial onlyIndependent commissionYesYesAutomaticPhoto IDNoneUniversal
VenezuelaVenezuelaElectronic + paper trailAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneRestricted
Yeni ZelandaYeni ZelandaPaperMandatory recountIndependent commissionYesYesMixedNoneRestrictedRestricted
ZambiyaZambiyaPaperAd hocIndependent commissionYesYesVoter-initiatedPhoto IDNoneNone

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”.