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- verb transitive To
canvass again or anew. - noun A second or subsequent canvassing.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the recanvass counts a different number of votes than the poll workers counted on election night then the number from the recanvass is the official number that gets used.
Archive 2006-11-01 Alex Navarro 2006
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If the recanvass counts a different number of votes than the poll workers counted on election night then the number from the recanvass is the official number that gets used.
Recanvassing the election vote Steve Perez 2006
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Rather, New York allows a "recanvass," that is, a comparison of the counts that were transcribed in full public view from the lever machines at each polling place on Election Night with the numbers tallied and aggregated at the county level, to be sure that all the vote totals were transcribed correctly.
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A recanvass of the election results a few hours earlier moved just one more vote into Republican Andy Barr's column and gave Chandler a 648-vote margin of victory.
Ben Chandler Wins Reelection In Narrow Kentucky House Race The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The announcement follows a recanvass in which Barr gained only a single vote in the race.
Afternoon Fix: Michael Bennet opts against chairing DSCC; Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be tapped for RGA chairmanship Chris Cillizza 2010
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A recanvass of the election results a few hours earlier moved just one more vote into Republican Andy Barr's column and gave Chandler a 648-vote margin of victory.
Ben Chandler Wins Reelection In Narrow Kentucky House Race The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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I emailed Tom and Jessica today to see if they would like me to organize a recanvass fundraiser at a local bar.
Waldo Jaquith - Tom Perriello needs your help for the recount. 2008
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"We are doing a recanvass, and we will be counting all paper ballots, including absentee ones," Vazquez said.
Printing: Obama Votes Stolen in NY; The Good News and Bad News 2008
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"We are doing a recanvass, and we will be counting all paper ballots, including absentee ones," Vazquez said.
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Thus the Board of Elections could return within the weeks after the election and recanvass the votes cast on the levers because the lever ballot could not be lost, altered or destroyed the way paper ballots could.
Open letter to NY citizens, election workers and election commissioners 2008
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