Definition of «to count the ballots»

"To count the ballots" means to carefully and accurately count the votes that have been cast by people on their voting papers or ballots.

But we can't count the ballot with it. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Historically, too - late - to - count ballots represent a fraction of a percent of the votes cast in an election. (calnewsroom.com)
Why not count those ballots — in strict secrecy — before the machine vote and add the results election night? (hudsonvalleyone.com)
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