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Name :   Doug Jones
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Post Date :   9/26/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Ballot Form
Definition :  
Comment :  In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following. In each case, I am quoting your original and then offering an alternative definition.

Ballot Form: Abstract definition of what appears on the ballot in a particular political subdivision, precinct or portion of a precinct in a particular election and the formatting thereof.

-- Strike this! Ballot Configuration or Ballot Format should be used. This term, as defined, only confuses things because it is insufficiently distinct from those.