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| | Name : | Doug Jones | Organization : | N/A | Post Date : | 9/27/2005 |
| Glossary Term : | Cast Ballot, Ballot | Definition : | | Comment : | In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following, picking up with the letter C, having completed A and B in my previous batch of comments. As before, in each case, I am quoting the original and then offering an alternative definition.
Cast Ballot: Ballot in which voter has taken final action in the selection of candidates and measures and submits the ballot to the appropriate jurisdiction.
Cast Ballot: Ballot (sense 1) on which the ...
-- Note, is brings out a mistake in my earlier definition of Ballot (1). Where I had said this:
Ballot: (1) Physical record of the selections made by a voter in all of the races or contests in a particular election. ...
I should have said:
Ballot: (1) Physical record on which the voter may record his or her selections in all of the races or contests in a particular election. ... | |
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