Spanish term
South Africa
Nivelación de la mesa electoral
no sea mayor que el número de votantes que asistieron a la mesa.
¿Como lo diría en inglés en forma breve?
Gracias
Aug 21, 2023 22:05: AllegroTrans changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Toni Castano, Helena Chavarria, AllegroTrans
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Proposed translations
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Ballot reconciliation at polling stations
I'm afraid I don't have time to find out what polling stations are called in other English-speaking countries.
I'm posting my suggestion as I prefer it to the ones already provided ;-)
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AllegroTrans
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Thank you for asking me to post an answer. When I researched the question yesterday, I didn't have time to double check the information.
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Taña Dalglish
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Thank you, Taña :-)
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Fernando Javier Navarro Manrique 
Tech, Legal, Industry & Business.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US, Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
Polling station/voting center leveling/levelling, auditing, checking
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neilmac
: Por allí van los tiros...
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Andrew Bramhall
: Seguro!
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
The Electoral Committee's levelling-up agenda/remit
nivelación : (Ven. edu) remedial course, West
Odd how the meaning of mesa changes throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Cut to mesa de partes in Peru.
IATE: es mesa electoral COM en election committee
Composición. La Mesa electoral está formada por un Presidente y dos Vocales.
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AllegroTrans
: You've been listening to too much spin from Michael Gove and it has impaired your powers of discernment; please just re-read the text, it is clearly about vote-counting, not a political gimmick to make all polling stations "equal"
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Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Once all the boxes have been checked, our count staff can begin counting the ballot papers.
This involves emptying each ballot box onto a table and then comparing the number of ballot papers that were in that box against the number recorded at the polling station or at our postal vote office.
https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/vale-of-white-horse-district...
In such cases, the polling officials carried out verification of voters using the voter register print outs.
https://www.iebc.or.ke/election/technology/?Electronic_Voter...
Verification
The verification process has two main purposes which are:
to ensure and demonstrate that all ballot papers issued at polling stations and all returned postal ballot papers have been brought to the count, and
to provide the figure with which the count outcome must reconcile
You should keep both of these purposes in mind when conducting the verification process.
Ensuring accuracy at the verification stage is crucial to ensuring a timely count. If the verification figures are wrong there will be a variance against the count figures which will need to be resolved and which risks significantly slowing the overall process.
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/guidance-returning-of...
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Reconciliation of count totals
Once all of the ballot papers have been sorted and any doubtful ballots adjudicated, the key task of reconciliation can begin.
You must count all of the bundles and part bundles of ballot papers showing a valid vote for each candidate.
You must then add the total for each candidate to the total number of rejected ballot papers. This total figure should match exactly the figure giving the total number of ballot papers obtained at the end of the verification process.
If the two figures agree you should proceed to the process of consulting the candidates and agents on the provisional result.
Procedure for unreconciled results
You should be satisfied that the results or totals (as appropriate) reflect the ballots received. If the figures do not reconcile, you should take steps in order to identify and rectify the discrepancy such as:
- checking the storage area and check to ensure that all ballot boxes have been opened and are empty
- checking all floors and surfaces for ballot papers that may have been dropped in the count venue
- re-checking the verification figures and reconciliation for calculation mistakes
- ensuring that all rejected ballot papers have been accounted for
- checking that all bundles and part bundles have been counted
- consider recounting the ballot papers in the bundles
You should also carry out any other checks you deem necessary.
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/guidance-acting-retur...
I would probably use either 'verification process' or 'reconciliation process at polling stations', though I would need to research it further.
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'Ballot reconciliation at polling stations'.
https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/electionofficials/Qu...
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Toni Castano
: "Reconciliation" is probably the technical term needed here. The Spanish counterpart, "nivelación", was new to me.
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Hi, Toni. Yes, I agree that 'reconciliation' is probably the term we're looking for, though it would be easier if we knew which country this is for. Thanks for your support :-)
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AllegroTrans
: Ballot reconciliation seems correct
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Thank you for your confirmation, AllegroTrans :-)
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Carla Selyer
: I agree, reconciliation of ballots by the polling station https://aceproject.org/main/english/po/poh04a01.htm
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Thank you, Carla :-)
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patinba
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Thank you, patinba :-)
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