hanging chad

noun

Definitions

  1. A piece of punch-through paper on a voting ballot that has not fully detached from the…

    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.
    • But, I mean, for me here's the basic thing. How plausible is it that a woman would fix an election because she's obsessed with me? I mean, where's the hanging chad?

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