(a) whatever voting method is used, the system is simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent; (b) the votes cast are counted, tabulated, and the results announced promptly by the presiding officer at each polling station; (c) the results from the polling stations are openly and accurately collated and promptly announced by the returning officer; and (d) appropriate structures and mechanisms to eliminate electoral malpractice are put in place, including the safekeeping of elections materials. [296] This provision places upon the 1st respondent the onerous responsibility of devising and deploying election systems that the voter can understand. The 1st respondent must further be expected to provide access to crucial information that can enable, either a candidate, or a voter to cross check the results declared by it with a view to determining, the integrity and accuracy thereof. In other words, “the numbers must just add up”. [297] We note in the above regard, that even where Parliament found it necessary to make provision for a complementary system, it would not escape from the dictates of Article 86 of the Constitution. Hence, Section 44A of the Elections Act provides: Presidential  Petition  No.  1  of  2017                                                                                                                                                                                                            125  |  P a g e