Counted ballot

1. A read ballot that has been processed and whose votes are included in the vote totals.

Source: Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/

2. Ballot that has been processed and whose votes are included in the candidates and measures vote totals.

Source: Glossary of terms database, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, https://www.eac.gov/glossary/