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Question	Value
How is the national electoral register created?	Extracted from a population/civil registry
If electoral register is created by the EMB, which method is used?	Not applicable
If electoral register is created by the EMB, what type of technology used for collecting registration data?	Not applicable
If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?	Not applicable
Is the biometric data used in voter identification at polling stations?	No
Is technology used for identifying voters at polling stations (electronic poll books)?	Yes, offline/only access to polling station registration data
How technology is used in relation to paper voter lists?	Technology is used in addition to paper voter lists

Question	Value
Is e-voting currently used in any elections with EMB participation?	No, e-voting is not used currently
If e-voting is currently being used, what type(s) of technology used?	Not applicable
If e-voting is currently being used, is it taking place in controlled or uncontrolled environment?	Not applicable
If e-voting is currently being used, is it available for all voters or only some groups of voters?	Not applicable
If e-voting is NOT currently being used, what is the current status of e-voting in general?	E-voting had been used but has been abandoned (see comments)

Question	Value
Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?	Yes
If official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system, at which level results are entered into an electronic tabulation system?	Between polling station level and central level (see comments)
In the last national election, how many days did it take for the EMB to establish final results?	Results are reported on the Election Day
In the last national election, how many days did it take for the EMB to announce certified results?	5 days

Question	Value
Does the country use open source software in electoral processes?	No data
What are the key reasons for or against using open source systems?	No data
What types of open source systems have been considered or used?	No data

Question	Value
Does the country provide individual online voter registration/polling assignment checks?	No
Does the country publish the statistical overview of voter lists online?	Yes, at the prefecture level Yes, at the national level
Does the country publish full voter registers at the polling station level online?	No
Does the country publish full voter registers at the national level online?	No
Does the country publish the lists of parties and/or candidates registered for elections online?	Yes, machine readable
Does the country publish the election (voting) results online?	Yes, machine readable
If the country publishes the election (voting) results online, what is the level of aggregation?	Results aggregated at prefecture level National results are published
If the country publishes the election (voting) results online, what is the level of detail?	Full details (total votes cast, votes cast for each candidate/party, invalid votes)
If the country publishes the election (voting) results online, what is the timing of publication of results?	Close to real time, as results become available to EMB
If the country publishes the election (voting) results online, are historical results also available?	Yes
Does the country publish seat allocation data online?	Yes, machine readable
Does the country publish candidate/party financing reports online?	Yes, not machine readable

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