The first scrutineer uses the plate as a cover when shaking the receptacle to mix the ballots.
There's so much checking and rechecking that it's just not possible for a scrutineer to misrecord the votes.
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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.
The first scrutineer unfolds the ballot, notes the name on a piece of paper, and passes the ballot to the second scrutineer.
He notes the name and passes the ballot to the third scrutineer, who reads it aloud for all the cardinals to hear.
Or for the third scrutineer to swap ballots during the counting process.
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.
The last scrutineer counts the ballots before they are unfolded.
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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