Figure 28: Types of difficulties opening and closing polling station

This horizontal bar chart shows the percentage of difficulties respondents had opening and/or closing the polling station. The breakdown is as follows:

• Instructions not clear: 33 percent
• Poor procedures, instructions or organization*: 23 percent
• Not enough assistance from colleagues: 19 percent
• Lack of knowledge/information/training needed to close*: 19 percent
• Problems with vote counting: 17 percent
• Process was time-consuming*: 15 percent
• Missing instructions to close the poll: 12 percent
• Changes to the physical environment*: 11 percent
• More staff/supervisors were needed*: 5 percent
• Interference by candidate's representatives: 1 percent
• Missing seals: 1 percent
• Missing envelopes: 1 percent
• Missing handbook: 0.5 percent
• Other materials missing*: 1 percent
• Other: 2 percent

*Response category created based on respondent feedback.