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  • noun Plural form of scantron.

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Examples

  • Blackwell and Bush then used a lethal mix of black box machines, faulty scantrons and hijacked ballots to finish the job.

    OOPS! We rigged the Iran/Florida-Ohio vote count AGAIN!! 2009

  • Blackwell and Bush then used a lethal mix of black box machines, faulty scantrons and hijacked ballots to finish the job.

    OOPS! We rigged the Iran/Florida-Ohio vote count AGAIN!! 2009

  • The beauty of any ballot in Washington (or at least King County) is that they are scantrons - all of them.

    Think Progress » Justice Dept. Appointees Threaten Voting Rights 2005

  • One student insisted the answer to #46 (on the quiz from last time) was wrong, so I patiently worked it out (it involved quite a bit of math) while passing out the scantrons.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • In the new system, instead of writing in candidates 'names on the traditional ballots, voters will now fill in corresponding bubbles on new 25-inch scantrons; instead of dropping their completed ballots into yellow metal boxes, now voters run them through Precinct Optical Scan, or PCOS, machines that feed into secured 3-foot tall black boxes.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • One student insisted the answer to #46 (on the quiz from last time) was wrong, so I patiently worked it out (it involved quite a bit of math) while passing out the scantrons.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • One student insisted the answer to #46 (on the quiz from last time) was wrong, so I patiently worked it out (it involved quite a bit of math) while passing out the scantrons.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • One student insisted the answer to #46 (on the quiz from last time) was wrong, so I patiently worked it out (it involved quite a bit of math) while passing out the scantrons.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • In the new system, instead of writing in candidates 'names on the traditional ballots, voters will now fill in corresponding bubbles on new 25-inch scantrons; instead of dropping their completed ballots into yellow metal boxes, now voters run them through Precinct Optical Scan, or PCOS, machines that feed into secured 3-foot tall black boxes.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Do they make special scantrons for 10 answer choices?

    Wired Campus 2010

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