On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Chad Cooper wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> My dad told me yesterday what that little tab comes from punching the
> ballots is named.
> He claims that it is called a "Chad".
That's what the New York Times says, though it isn't capitalized.
There is an entire article about the importance of chads in
recounts, since handling the ballots tends to make some chads
that were previously partially attached come loose, so they will
be counted by the machine when they weren't previously. Or,
at least, there was this morning; the stories have been changing
pretty quickly the last few days.
This is just surreal all around.
--
Andrea Leistra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"If you can keep your head while all those about you are
losing theirs, perhaps you have misunderstood the situation."
-- Daniel Keys Moran, _The Long Run_
