Nineteen tellers assembled at the Baha'i World Centre on Mount Carmel on 29 April 2003 to tally the votes in the election for the Universal House of Justice. The ballots were posted by members of the world's 178 National Spiritual Assemblies.| The tellers came from Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa), the Americas (Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, United States), Europe (Austria, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, United Kingdom), Asia (two from India, Japan); Australia and Oceania (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands).