hanging chad
hanging chad noun: a piece of punch-through paper on a voting ballot that has not fully detached from the card-stock.
Noun
hanging chad (plural hanging chads)
- A piece of punch-through paper on a voting ballot that has not fully detached from the card-stock.
- The Gore campaign hopes there are enough ballots with unattached or “hanging” chads next to Gore’s name to give him the lead in Florida — and with it, the presidency.2000 November 14, “Presidency Hinges on Chad”, in ABC News
- They were introduced to the mysteries of the 'hanging chad' and left wondering at the absence of both a federal electoral agency and a uniform ballot paper and the fact that the electoral processes in the vital State of Florida appeared to be in the partisan hands of a brother of one of the two...2002, Prisoners as Citizens: Human Rights in Australian Prisons, page 308
hanging chad meaning in Tamil
hanging chad in Tamil
- தொங்கு சீட்டு
Forms of hanging chad
| plural | hanging chads |
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Questions about hanging chad
- What does hanging chad mean?
- Hanging chad means a piece of punch-through paper on a voting ballot that has not fully detached from the card-stock.
- What is hanging chad in Tamil?
- Hanging chad in Tamil is தொங்கு சீட்டு. See Hanging chad meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hanging chad?
- Hanging chad is a noun.
- What is the plural of hanging chad?
- The plural of hanging chad is hanging chads.
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