Speakers
Rui Santos
Election Technology Consultant. Rui has more than 20 years of experience in the election industry, including the certification and implementation of voting systems in the United States at both federal and state level, as well as successful election technology deployments across three continents.
Eduardo Repilloza Fernández
Executive Director, Transparencia Electoral. Eduardo leads Transparencia Electoral, a regional organisation focused on election observation, democratic integrity, and electoral transparency in Latin America.
Alejandro Tullio
Permanent Electoral Secretary, Province of Chubut, Argentina; former National Electoral Director of Argentina. Alejandro has extensive experience in election administration and public-sector electoral management, including national-level responsibility for organising and overseeing electoral processes in Argentina.
Transparency and speed are two critical elements of election administration, especially in an always-on information environment. Both depend on the effective management of a myriad of interconnected processes — from results transmission at polling stations to verification, aggregation, reconciliation, legal checks, and public communication.
This webinar examines best practices across the full results workflow. It recognises that in many countries electoral laws and long-standing traditions mandate complex or slow procedures, and focuses on practical ways Election Management Bodies (EMBs) can improve efficiency, resilience, and transparency within those constraints.
Learning Objectives
- Map end-to-end results workflows, from polling-station transmission to public disclosure.
- Identify practical measures to improve efficiency and resilience within legally mandated processes.
- Understand how transparency mechanisms, including transparency servers, support accountability and trust.
- Learn how structured public communication helps manage expectations during results consolidation.
Agenda
All times UTC, with BST in brackets.
- 13:00 – 13:10 (14:00 – 14:10 BST) — Welcome and introduction from the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS)
- 13:10 – 13:35 — Rui Santos, Election Technology Consultant (20 minute presentation plus 5 minutes Q&A)
- 13:35 – 14:00 — Eduardo Repilloza Fernández, Executive Director, Transparencia Electoral (20 minute presentation plus 5 minutes Q&A)
- 14:00 – 14:25 — Alejandro Tullio, Permanent Electoral Secretary, Province of Chubut, Argentina (20 minute presentation plus 5 minutes Q&A)
- 14:25 – 14:55 — Open discussion and audience Q&A
- 14:55 – 15:00 — Close and final remarks from ICPS
Joining details
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