ballot count
Election results tabulation
A ballot count is the process of tallying votes cast in an election.
The term appears in news coverage when results are being determined: The ballot count continued through the night.
A disputed or delayed ballot count often signals a close race or controversy over election procedures.
- tallyRecorded count
- votesFormal choices recorded
- too close to callUndecidable by current count
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- electionOrganized public voting
election night · precinct · poll workers · tabulation · scrutiny · canvass · chad · absentee · early voting · provisional · turnout · margin · landslide · disputed · certified · auditor · observer · scanner
- countingcountdown, tally, tallying, headcount, numeral
- electionsvoter registration, candidates, polls, election day, voters
- political eventselection, campaign, debate, vote, rally
- election resultsvictory, defeat, winner, loser, win
- counting methodstally, tally marks, enumeration, tick marks, hash marks
ballot countcampaign
Organized effort toward goal
campaigning · voter registration · candidate nomination · primary season · political advertising
ballot countvote suppression
Discouraging or preventing casting ballots
coup · disenfranchisement · voter purge · election fraud · ballot stuffing
ballot countappointment
Scheduled time for something
coronation · coup · military junta · succession · dictatorship
ballot, count, ballots, balloted, balloting, counts, counted, counting, counter