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  • From: rani.gill AT duke.edu
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: How long could this go on?
  • Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:11:20 -0500






How often have you heard the word "chad" mentioned in public discourse? The
fate
of this country will be determined by state of the chad. As a Canadian (where
we
still mark the ballots with X's), I find this utterly fascinating.


"They decided, one by one, whether a ballot was a valid vote based on whether
they could see a "hanging chad," which is a hole punched partly through a
ballot, or a "pregnant chad," which is only an indentation created when the
voter failed to pierce the ballot.

A "hanging" chad is a legal vote. A "pregnant" chad is not."

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/13/politics/13PALM.html


..rani







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