ballot counter
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A ballot counter is a person who tallies votes in an election, or a machine that does the same work.
The term covers everything from volunteers hand-counting paper ballots to electronic scanning equipment: Poll workers served as ballot counters through the night.
In contested elections, ballot counters face intense scrutiny.
- tallyRecorded count
- votesFormal choices recorded
- electionOrganized public voting
- election nightWhen winners are announced
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
poll worker · tabulator · machine · precinct · scrutineer · chad · paper · official · sworn affidavit · observer · bipartisan · booth · early voting · hanging chad · registrar · scanner · audit · election integrity
- election participantsvoter, candidate, elector, registered voter, eligible voter
- ballots
- poll workerspoll worker, election judge, registrar, tabulator, greeter
- calculating machinescalculator, adding machine, difference engine, abacus, desk calculator