What does "tick through the stack" mean and why would she do that?
A wave of relief swept across the room. “Basket boys? You mean it's not a quiz?”
She ticked through the stack, counting ballots as she spoke. “It is like a quiz in that I don't want you conferring with one another. It's also like a quiz in that you have a limited amount of time.” She slapped a set of ballots down on the first desk of row one, then went on to the second row.

is it that she ticks the names on a name paper when she thumb through the stack of papers?

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What does "tick through the stack" mean and why would she do that?
A wave of relief swept across the room. “Basket boys? You mean it's not a quiz?” 
She ticked through the stack, counting ballots as she spoke. “It is like a quiz in that I don't want you conferring with one another. It's also like a quiz in that you have a limited amount of time.” She slapped a set of ballots down on the first desk of row one, then went on to the second row.

is it that she ticks the names on a name paper when she thumb through the stack of papers?

Answer

"She ticked through the stack" means "She worked through the stack". The 'stack' consists of the votes one on top of another in a pile. She 'ticked' or worked her way through this pile counting the votes (ballots).

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