tally sheets
Running total papers
Tally sheets are documents used to record counts or scores, typically with marks grouped in fives—four vertical lines crossed by a diagonal.
Poll workers use tally sheets to count votes; inventory clerks use them to track items.
The format makes running totals easy to verify at a glance: She kept a tally sheet of customer complaints.
- scorecardsForms for recording results
- checkmarksSymbols indicating approval
- tick boxesSquares to mark selections
- hash marksParallel lines denoting position
- ballotsVoting forms
keeping score · counting · votes · vote count · hand count · ledger · clipboard · pencil · marks · inventory · attendance · polling · election · paper trail · totals · columns · rows · tracking
- fisheries recordslogbooks, fishing licenses, fishing permits, catch limits, fishing quotas
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- beach cleanuptrash bags, volunteers, litter, debris, plastic bottles
- caucusesIowa caucus, party caucus
recording method
tally sheetscalculators
Electronic computation devices
barcode scanners · spreadsheet software · mental arithmetic · memory · apps
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