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The first scrutineer uses the plate as a cover when shaking the receptacle to mix the ballots.
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There's so much checking and rechecking that it's just not possible for a scrutineer to misrecord the votes.
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BBC's recent appointment of an independent scrutineer of its Middle East coverage (which, Fox said, has a pro-Arab bias).
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The last scrutineer pierces each ballot with a threaded needle through the word "Eligo (elect)" and places it on the thread.
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The first scrutineer unfolds the ballot, notes the name on a piece of paper, and passes the ballot to the second scrutineer.
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He notes the name and passes the ballot to the third scrutineer, who reads it aloud for all the cardinals to hear.
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Or for the third scrutineer to swap ballots during the counting process.
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It'd be possible for the first scrutineer, if he were good at sleight of hand, to swap one ballot paper for another before recording it.
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The last scrutineer counts the ballots before they are unfolded.
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There's no real reason to do a precount, and it gives the scrutineer doing the transfer a chance to swap legitimate ballots with others he previously stuffed up his sleeve.
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Mr Thakkar, scrutineer of the Indian water scene, says that although the installed capacity of India's hydro projects increased at a compound rate of 4.4% a year between 1991 and 2005, the amount of energy generated actually fell.
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Following interviews with driver John Broder, Tesla staff and others involved in the tale, the scrutineer believes the review was conducted honestly, but that improper decisions and less-than-precise notes led to the charging woes and accusations of deception that characterized the drive.
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