Watchdog Plans Parallel Vote Tabulation

New Generation – New Initiative (nGnI), an election watchdog group, said it would conduct parallel vote tabulation (PVT) for the January 5 early presidential election and plebiscites.

PVT entails counting votes simultaneously with officials from precinct election commissions. nGnI will conduct PVT in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Gori, Akhaltsikhe and Zugdidi.

Another election watchdog group, International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), also plans to conduct PVT.