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Name :   Doug Jones
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Post Date :   9/27/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Counted Ballot
Definition :  
Comment :  In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following, picking up with the letter C, having completed A and B in my previous batch of comments. As before, in each case, I am quoting the original and then offering an alternative definition.

Counted Ballot: Ballot that has been processed and whose votes are included in the candidate and measures vote totals.

Counted Ballot (Image): Ballot, ballot image or cast vote record that has been processed and whose votes are included in the candidate registers and equivalent counters for other types of contests.  

-- Comment: References to other definitions in the same glossary reinforce the integrity of the whole