scrutineer

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A person who watches voting and checks ballots for fairness during an election

noun
/ˌskruːtəˈnɪr/

: escrutador

Paper ballots are counted by a volunteer official in the presence of a representative, known as a scrutineer, from each of the interested parties, who are free to consolidate the results from all polling stations on their own for comparison with the official results.
scrutineer counts the ballots

Examples

Each scrutineer carefully examined the ballots to make sure there were no irregularities.
The scrutineer ensured that every vote was counted accurately during the election.
That's what the party scrutineers are for.

Blog text (15)
As a scrutineer, her job was to observe the voting process and report any issues.

Synonyms

canvasser

vsscrutineer

Formal

1 7.2

A person who checks votes and confirms election results

focuses on ensuring fairness and legality during vote observation

How Observant

auditor

Specialized

52 4.8

inspector

254 2.9

scrutineer

1 9.1

monitor

75 3.2

observer

305 2.8

watcher

89 3.9

bystander

84 3.4

Surface Forms

scrutineer singular

scrutineers plural

Morphology

scrutineer = scrutiny (transparent) = scrutin + eer

The meaning is clearly an agentive formation: someone who performs 'scrutiny' (examines/observes votes), so knowledge of 'scrutiny' or 'scrutinize' allows inference of the meaning.

Etymology

The word scrutineer comes from an old Latin root scrut- that means 'to search'. It shares the same root as scrutiny, so a scrutineer is someone who carefully looks through votes to check they are fair.