Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?

IFES, Elections in Morocco, 2016 Parliamentary Elections, Frequently Asked Questions

Voting is conducted in schools across the kingdom. Each list or candidate can have a representative inside the polling station capable to permanently observe the voting counting process. Tabulation is conducted by the polling station staff and assisted by counting officials chosen by the President of the polling station. Counting officials must be able to read and write and are chosen from non-candidate present voters. Candidates may designate counting officials who are then divided up, in the most equal way possible, among the tables designated for counting. Candidates must submit the names of all counting officials to the President of the polling station at least one hour before the vote closes. For polling stations with less than 200 registered voters on their lists, tabulation can be conducted by members of the polling station. If some ballots are declared by some polling or counting officials as invalid without having unanimous support, they are marked as “contested” in the polling station statement and are placed in a separate envelope that will be sealed and signed by the President. Three copies of polling station statements are made and, once signed, sent to a central office in charge of immediately tallying up the vote and announcing the results. The Presidents of polling stations will be present during the tally.

Following the tallying process, a copy of the central office statement and polling station statements are archived in the municipality or district. The Pacha or Caïd 4 receive all sealed envelopes and transfer them to the prefecture or province headquarters and deliver them to the President of the Tallying Commission (Commission de Recensement [TC]). This commission is comprised of the President of the Trial Court or his delegate, two literate voters appointed by the Governor and the Governor’s representative. Two TCs can be created, one for tallying the results of the multi-member constituency list and another for tallying the results of the national list votes. Three copies of the statements from TCs will then be transferred to the Governor of the province or prefecture, Trial Court, and Constitutional Court (for multi-member constituency lists) or National Tallying Commission for the national list.