chads

Graham notes that the noun was then construed as plural, on the analogy of chaff, but today’s ballot counters are referring to chads, construing the word chad as singular.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Graham notes that the noun was then construed as plural, on the analogy of chaff, but today’s ballot counters are referring to chads, construing the word chad as singular.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

(LAUGHTER) CARLSON: Our chads are a bit less dimpled than others.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Spin Room: Is It Time for Al Gore to Concede the Election? - November 26, 2000 2000

They held the ballots to the light, trying to determine if the small punch holes known as chads should be counted as votes.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Florida Recount - November 11, 2000 2000

THORNBURGH: I'm perplexed by the picture that was in the paper this morning of a plastic bag with 283 of these so-called chads in them.

CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: The Florida Recount: Election 2000 Heads to Florida Supreme Court - November 19, 2000 2000

The small discs of card punched out by the machines are known as chads and were at the heart of the disputed ballot, ones not having been holed known as "pregnant chads" and those still clinging to the card by a thread as "hanging chads".

Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2008

We were told that because of the "chads" (paper voting paper's) were difficult or not readable, so Diebold machines were used.

Vote of No Confidence in E-Voting Merger: Talking with Democracy Warrior Nancy Tobi 2009

Most people associate the 2000 election with paper "chads" and the Supreme Court's tragic decision.

Steal the Election Once Shame on Me, Steal it Twice . . . 2008

Here's how it can work: when you mark your ballot, or punch it or what-have-you, you slide it through a reader which ... firt, with a light rotating brush, removes any "chads" ... then, with an optical scanner, checks the ballot for completeness and readability.

David Dill: Election Vaporware 2008

FRANKEN: Question: Why did Gore's lawyers emphasize the need to determine the intent of the voters, getting all tangled up in the meaning of "chads," hanging, dimpled and pregnant?

CNN Transcript - Special Event: George W. Bush: The Next President - December 14, 2000 2000