canvasser

Meanings

Plural: canvassers

Noun

• a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
• someone who examines votes at an election
• someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
• a person who takes or counts votes
• Someone who goes through a region soliciting votes in an election, or conducting a public opinion poll.
• A person who scrutinizes the ballot in an election.

Synonyms

headcounter, poll taker, pollster, scrutineer, solicitor