Officials must often count up the votes one by one, going through every ballot and recording the vote.

官员们必须经常一个一个地清点选票，检查每一张选票并记录选票。

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Returning officers agreed individual user agreements with the e-counting provider that set out how their count was to be conducted and retained the statutory responsibility for the count of ballot papers.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Scotland Office ballot response

Democrats say election officials must count any ballot for which they can reasonably determine the voter's intent, including dimpled chads--ballots on which a box for a candidate was indented but not actually pierced.

CNN: The Legal Challenges

The Gore position is: in a tight race, let's count every legitimate ballot (and argue about the close calls).

CNN: Why Gore Has the Right to Fight