Definition of "tabulator" [tabulator]

• One that tabulates. (noun)
• A machine that reads, sorts, and prints out information from punched cards. (noun)
• A mechanism on a typewriter for setting automatic stops or margins for columns. (noun)
• Computer Science A device for reading data from punched cards and producing printed lists or totals of the result. (noun)

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• "To be clear: Computerized vote-counting, whether on optical scan or on DREs, with paper ballots or without, is heavily reliant on the computerized compilation done by the central tabulator, which is under direct control of the election administrator and those he selects as IT administrators."
• "Then our tabulator is a part and parcel of the instrument, costing you nothing more than the original price of the machine, which is one hundred dollars -- without discount. ""
• "That's the shocking admission heard today from Justin Bales, Premier's Western Region manager, at a State of California public hearing on the possible decertification of Diebold/Premier's tabulator system, GEMS v. 1.18.19."