However, after falsified electoral results at some polling stations in 1986 had been noted by oppositional observers, such controls were now supposed to be systematically carried out in all regions.
Nachdem in einigen Wahllokalen bereits 1986 von oppositionellen Beobachtern Fälschungen von Wahlergebnissen beobachtet worden waren, sollten derartige Kontrollen nun systematisch in allen Regionen der DDR durchgeführt werden.