the observers present at the center to verify that they were empty of ballot papers. The full ballot boxes were placed in plain sight. Indicator: Was the chairman or any member of the polling and counting committee replaced during the polling process? Indicator: Were the members of the polling and counting committee allowed to cast their votes? Indicator: Did the chairman of the polling and counting committee specify the time when the members of the committee can cast their votes? 19. In addition, the NIHR monitored the chairman and members of the polling and counting committee and the organizing team in the public centers exercising their right to vote in the same center, while in the provincial polling and counting centers, they take turns to vote in the centers assigned for them in their electoral constituencies and return to the same center. In all cases, whether it is a public or provincial center, an alternate chairman is always present. Indicator: When did the chairman of the polling and counting committee close the ballot boxes? 20. The polling centers that were monitored by the NIHR closed the ballot boxes at exactly 8:00 pm, as some chairmen of the polling and counting 77