: small pieces of paper or cardboard produced in punching paper tape or data cards
also
: a piece of chad
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Having a simple common system would remove the frictions caused by every state having different schemes that allow for different shenanigans, a la Florida's hanging chads.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
After 2000’s infamous hanging chads, election workers had to become IT professionals.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
Hanging chads mattered far more than anything Cheney or Lieberman said.
—David French, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
The fight brewing over these ballots is poised to become critical in future legal challenges; postmarks may become the hanging chad of 2020.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
For all of the state’s foibles, from Florida Man to hanging chads, Florida remains a microcosm of the country, a mirror reflecting the contradictions and divisions of the national electorate.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
This horsehair brush is an excellent tool to send scattered debris to the bin: pistachio shells, three-hole-punch chads, soil from the succulent garden.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020
Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Auto Critic Vote totals aren't in yet but no one at the UAW or Ford is expecting hanging chads.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
Yes, that Broward County, ground zero of the infamous hanging chads controversy from the 2000 presidential election when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2019
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
After 2000’s infamous hanging chads, election workers had to become IT professionals.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
Hanging chads mattered far more than anything Cheney or Lieberman said.
—David French, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
The fight brewing over these ballots is poised to become critical in future legal challenges; postmarks may become the hanging chad of 2020.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
For all of the state’s foibles, from Florida Man to hanging chads, Florida remains a microcosm of the country, a mirror reflecting the contradictions and divisions of the national electorate.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
This horsehair brush is an excellent tool to send scattered debris to the bin: pistachio shells, three-hole-punch chads, soil from the succulent garden.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020
Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Auto Critic Vote totals aren't in yet but no one at the UAW or Ford is expecting hanging chads.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
Yes, that Broward County, ground zero of the infamous hanging chads controversy from the 2000 presidential election when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2019
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Chad
geographical name
variants
or French Tchad
landlocked country in north central Africa; capital N'Djamena; a republic; until 1959 a territory of French Equatorial Africa area 495,755 square miles (1,284,000square kilometers), population 15,833,000
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