| Even during the count, the students were as realistic as possible, tallymen were selected and correctly assessed that SF would come out on top. |
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| Analysing voter trends should not be limited to a high priesthood of tallymen. |
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| The tallymen fascinated me with their eagle eyes and counting system and the siege mentality that prevailed was totally captivating. |
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| Eventually, the boxes are all opened, the tallymen deliver their last figures to the computer room and within minutes we have a final figure. |
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| In the meantime, tallymen and women who thought they had become extinct, should start sharpening their pencils for next month's outing. |
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| Despite being constantly pursued by tallymen, clothing-club collectors and the like, our parents had a horror of real debt. |
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| However the introduction of electronic voting will herald the end of the tallymen, which will take a lot of the excitement and drama out of elections. |
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| Early on Saturday tallymen could be seen rushing between booths leaning over the makeshift partitions as ballot papers were unfolded and laid out in bundles. |
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| A close one was expected and awaited, but when the tallymen returned the outcome had been as decisive as it could ever have been in favour of Paddy Walsh. |
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| I believe more consultation should be done before electronic counting mechanisms eliminate the transparency needed by tallymen in Irish elections. |
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| So, the time-honoured system of casting votes will continue in June and many people are glad about that, especially politicians and their tallymen. |
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| Meanwhile, for once, the tallymen and women in South Kerry were well off the mark in some cases with close on 2000 votes unaccounted for when the final tally was released. |
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| While it could be argued that BARSTOOL and TOOLBARS share the same morpheme, BAR, the credentials for MENTALLY TALLYMEN appear to be impeccable. |
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