Complex sentence: Despite the problems, on 2 July, Andrew Trawen said that, according to national law, vote counting would begin as soon as possible as that is the procedure we've followed over the years, we have not swayed from that.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite the problems, on 2 July, Andrew Trawen said that according to national law vote counting would begin as soon as possible. And that is the procedure we've followed over the years, we have not swayed from that.