scrutineer

This we find unacceptable, given Parliament's role as scrutineer of legislation.

It was shouted in a stentorian voice, by the chief scrutineer from the platform at the end of the hall.

The role of the scrutineer in this case is to confirm that vehicles entered for the race meet the relevant regulations.

After the vote, at each polling station, a scrutineer counted the ballots while a secretary recorded the result of the count.

He argued that it was the scrutineer who had not weighed the car correctly or the scales which were faulty.

Tic went with them to play scrutineer.

Included in their package of proposals are a national scrutineer and adviser on student association accounts and activities.

Another member of the group, Han Yin then attempted to take a role as a scrutineer at the elections, but was stopped by police.

He acted as a scrutineer in the ballot for the Labour Party leadership in 1963.

Instead, it was suggested by the scrutineer that brake knock-back was "the only logical explanation".

In other jurisdictions, such as Australia and Canada, each party is permitted to appoint one scrutineer per ballot box.

Every scrutineer begins by asking 'What's it for?'

In general, a scrutineer is a person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight, either to prevent the occurrence of corruption or genuine mistakes.

"Tic was chief scrutineer over the Global Health Agency.

A scrutineer strings the ballots together, piercing them with a needle and thread through the word "Eligo."

See Scrutineer.

For a ballot where more than 50 members have the right to vote, the union must appoint a qualified person as the scrutineer of the ballot.

The captain didn't waste a glance in my direction; never mind that I was official scrutineer on this outing and should've had the last word.

You can be trained to give right answers, wrong answers or merely confusing ones and the scrutineer can't tell the difference.'

The new regulations are the important factor and all credit to Peter Riches [the chief technical scrutineer].

A scrutineer must be, to the best belief of the union, independent of the union and able to carry out their duties competently.

In 1966, he was appointed to be scrutineer for the Eurovision Song Contest.

There are other uses of the concept, such as in motorsport, when a scrutineer is responsible for ensuring that vehicles meet the technical regulations.

Each ballot is unfolded by the first Scrutineer; all three Scrutineers separately write down the name indicated on the ballot.

"We will not hesitate to remove any scrutineer from counting venues that continuously cross the line during counting sessions.