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[rani.gill AT duke.edu]

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