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A machine is used to tabulate the votes.
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Immediately after polls close – Election inspectors start tabulating the returns, or results, for all votes cast at their polling place.
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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Officials in Georgia have already started tabulating mail-in ballots—it’s allowed starting the third Monday before Election Day—and ballots can start being counted at 7 a.m. on Election Day under state law.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In Georgia in 2021, Republican lawmakers made several changes to counting rules, including moving up certification deadlines and requiring counties to continuously tabulate until 5pm the day after the election.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
The write-in ballots are tabulated and the top 20 vote recipients in each category end up on the second ballot, with the exception of entertainer of the year, which consists of the Top 15 vote recipients.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Officials in Georgia have already started tabulating mail-in ballots—it’s allowed starting the third Monday before Election Day—and ballots can start being counted at 7 a.m. on Election Day under state law.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In Georgia in 2021, Republican lawmakers made several changes to counting rules, including moving up certification deadlines and requiring counties to continuously tabulate until 5pm the day after the election.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
The write-in ballots are tabulated and the top 20 vote recipients in each category end up on the second ballot, with the exception of entertainer of the year, which consists of the Top 15 vote recipients.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Tabulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabulate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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tabulate
verb
tab·u·late
ˈtab-yə-ˌlāt 
tabulated; tabulating
: to count and record in an orderly way
tabulate votes
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