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Name :   John Gideon
Organization :   VotersUnite.Org
Post Date :   6/25/2005

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Glossary Term :  Phantom Vote
Definition :  
Comment :  (1) Occurs when there are more votes recorded by a voting machine than were cast on that voting machine. This is NOT an 'overvote'as the votes were not cast by a voter.