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Count: Process of totaling votes.

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Process of totaling votes.

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Process of totaling votes

Source: NISTType: standard
Definition 3

1. “The process of totaling votes.” FVSS APPENDIX. The ”process by which votes marked on a ballot card are examined manually or electronically by a voting device and a determination is made as to whom or for what the votes are cast.” Okla. Stat. §26-6-102.1. 2. The total number of valid votes cast for a CANDIDATE or on a QUESTION.

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external

Sources

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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Glossary for Voting Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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