vote counting
Summing electoral choices
Vote counting is the process of tallying ballots in an election to determine results.
The term appears in discussions of electoral integrity, where methods and transparency matter: The vote counting continued through the night, Officials halted vote counting after protesters stormed the building.
In close races, vote counting may involve recounts or legal challenges.
- ballotVoting document
- mail-in ballotVote submitted through post
- polling stationElection day venue
- electoral rollList of eligible voters
- election officialsAdministrators of voting processes
canvass · election night · early returns · hanging chad · tally · tabulation · adjudicators · hand recount · scrutineer · audit trails · election laws · batch processing · poll workers · secret ballot · too close to call · election observers · certification standards · absentee voting
- UK electionsballot, general elections, general election, by-election, candidate
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- votingballot, voters, ballots, voter, polls
- counting activitiestallying, adding up, numbering, enumerating, tabulating
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- Voting Rightsvoter registration, voter suppression, voter turnout, voting access, enfranchisement
vote countingcampaigning
Actively pursuing political support
voter registration · canvassing · get-out-the-vote · political advertising · primary elections
vote countingvote rigging
Manipulating election outcomes dishonestly
election fraud · ballot stuffing · electoral manipulation · vote tampering · vote suppression