Create national portal for transparent election results (NL0040)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Netherlands Action Plan 2020-2022
Action Plan Cycle: 2020
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK)
Support Institution(s): Other Actors Involved State actors involved The parties involved in each legislative process (ministries, Council of State). CSOs, private sector, multilate rals, working groups
Policy Areas
Anti-Corruption, E-Government, Political IntegrityDescription
What is the public problem that the commitment will address? Interested parties have insufficient insight into the way in which the results of elections are determined. As a result, they are often unable to address any errors in the counting of votes or in the calculation of the result (before the result of the election is determined). As a result, errors can no longer be corrected.
What is the commitment? The electoral act will be changed in three parts to solve this problem: 1) All (approximately 9,500) polling stations in the Netherlands record the results of an election in their polling station on an official report. All these official reports are scanned by the 355 municipalities and published on the websites of the municipalities (implementation: realized on 1 January 2019). 2) The municipalities aggregate the results of all polling stations using digital tools. The central electoral committee totals the results of all municipalities with the help of digital tools. The resulting digital files are published on the website of the municipalities or the central electoral committee (implementation expected on 1 January 2022). 3) The national government will provide a portal on the internet with links to the websites of all municipalities that contain the digital files. For example, interested parties can consult all the aforementioned files via one website, which prevents them from having to look up the websites of all individual municipalities (implementation expected on 1 January 2022).
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem? By publishing the aforementioned files on the internet, interested parties can check the calculation of the result of an election. They can also check whether mistakes have been made. They can raise any errors (before the result becomes final) with the responsible 9 authorities, so that the results can be corrected before the result is determined.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? The measures increase the accessibility of information about the formation of the results of an election. Leading to transparency and more accountability. Before 2019, the official reports of the polling stations were only available for inspection at the town hall for a short time. By prescribing that the scanned official reports are published on the internet, interested parties can check the development of the election results from home, instead of having to go to all individual town halls for this.
Additional information - Milestone Activity with a verifiable deliverable Start Date: End Date: All municipalities aggregate the results of all polling stations using digital tools. Jan 2021 Jan 2022 The central electoral committee aggregates the results of all municipalities with the help of digital tools. Jan 2021 Jan 2022 The aggregated results are published on the website of the municipalities or the central electoral committee. Jan 2021 Jan 2022 The national government will provide a portal on the Internet with links to the websites of all municipalities that contain the digital files with the results of the elections. Jan 2021 Jan 2022
Commitments
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Present legislation on campaign finance transparency
NL0039, 2020, Anti-Corruption
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Create national portal for transparent election results
NL0040, 2020, Anti-Corruption
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Develop and implement digital participation platform at local level
NL0041, 2020, Automated Decision-Making
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Make FOIA information available through open data platform
NL0042, 2020, Access to Information
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Encourage active disclosure of government information
NL0043, 2020, Regulatory Governance
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Implement plain language initiatives
NL0044, 2020, Capacity Building
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Determine balance between government confidentiality and citizens' right to information
NL0045, 2020, Access to Information
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Training civil servants in active disclosure
NL0046, 2020, Capacity Building
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Develop contract monitoring register
NL0047, 2020, Anti-Corruption
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Pilot open data communities concept
NL0048, 2020, Access to Information
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Increase availability of open source software
NL0049, 2020, Automated Decision-Making
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Improve government purchase and use of algorithms
NL0050, 2020, Automated Decision-Making
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Publish complaints about public services as open data
NL0051, 2020, Access to Information
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Local Digital Democracy
NL0028, 2018, E-Government
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Dilemma Logic
NL0029, 2018, Capacity Building
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Join EITI
NL0030, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Algorithms
NL0031, 2018, Automated Decision-Making
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Open Local Decision-Making
NL0032, 2018, Access to Information
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‘Open by Design’ Pilots
NL0033, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Contracting
NL0034, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Parliament
NL0035, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Open Government Standard and Dashboard
NL0036, 2018, Access to Information
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Pioneering Network for an Open Government for Municipalities
NL0037, 2018, Capacity Building
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Transparent Political Party Finance
NL0038, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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National Open Data Agenda
NL0019, 2016, Access to Information
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Stuiveling Open Data Award
NL0020, 2016, Access to Information
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Groningen Open Data Re-Use
NL0021, 2016, Access to Information
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Releasing Ministerial Research Reports
NL0022, 2016, Access to Information
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Detailed Open Spending Data
NL0023, 2016, Access to Information
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Open Local Authority Decision-Making
NL0024, 2016, Access to Information
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Training Civil Servants on Public Participation
NL0025, 2016, Capacity Building
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Easier Freedom of Information Requests
NL0026, 2016, Access to Information
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Open Government Expertise Centre (LEOO)
NL0027, 2016, Access to Information
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Further Develop and Promote Disclosure and Use of Open Data
NL0001, 2013, Access to Information
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Increase Financial Transparency Through Open Budget and Experiments with Open Spending and Budget Monitoring
NL0002, 2013, Access to Information
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Open House of Representatives
NL0003, 2013, E-Government
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Instruments for Integrity
NL0004, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Revamp the Legislative Calendar
NL0005, 2013, Access to Information
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More Online Consultation
NL0006, 2013, E-Government
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More Transparency in Decision-Making Through Volgdewet.Nl Legislation-Tracking Website
NL0007, 2013, Access to Information
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Informal Approach to Freedom of Information Requests
NL0008, 2013, Access to Information
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From Rules to Freedom
NL0009, 2013, Public Participation
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Change Attitudes and Procedures Through Smarter Working and ‘Public Servant 2.0’
NL0010, 2013, Capacity Building
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Water Coalition
NL0011, 2013, Public Participation
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Develop and Implement Participation Policy at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
NL0012, 2013, Public Participation
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Make Government Information Accessible and Easy to Find
NL0013, 2013, Capacity Building
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Make Citizens Better Informed and More Empowered: Public Inspection and Correction of Information
NL0014, 2013, E-Government
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Open Announcements and Notifications
NL0015, 2013, E-Government
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Public Services and the User Perspective
NL0016, 2013, E-Government
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Designate Categories of Government Information for Active Access
NL0017, 2013, Access to Information
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Rethink Information Management and Active Access: Four ‘Open by Design’ Pilot Projects
NL0018, 2013, Access to Information