"Les bureaux de dépouillement (ou « bureaux de comptage ») sont constitués le jour du scrutin après la fermeture des bureaux de vote.

Le président, les assesseurs et le secrétaire prêtent serment.

Le bureau de dépouillement procède au dépouillement dès qu’il est en possession de tous les plis qui lui sont destinés."
http://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/index.php?id=1190


"... that the sealed ballot boxes are delivered to the counting hall. ... each election as they lock themselves in a dark room to recover. ..."
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"... Ballot papers from the three Sunderland constituencies will be counted ... set aside should there be any problems in the main counting room. ..."
www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/.../163100-Sunderland-expects-to-be-f... -

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"Note - Ballot papers will be dealt with face down and any observers are ... Telephones and Cameras can be used outside the Main Counting Hall where they ..."
www.braintree.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/.../AgentsinitialLetterfi...

"18: Bush wins the overseas absentee ballot count by 1380 votes to Gore's 750. ...... and took the disputed ballots from the main counting room to a small, ..."
www.angelfire.com/pa/truthonline/analysisfraud.html