Vote Counting System
There exist various methods through which the ballots cast at an election may be counted, prior to applying a voting system to obtain one or more winners.
Read more about Vote Counting System: Manual Counting, Electromechanical and Optical Scan Counting, Direct-recording Voting (mechanical) Counting, Direct-recording Electronic Counting
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