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Name :   Sandy Steinbach
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/26/2005

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Glossary Term :  Residual Vote
Definition :  
Comment :  Total number of votes that cannot be counted for a specific contest. There may be multiple reasons for residual votes (e.g., declining to vote for the contest, overvoting in a contest, failure to cast ballot before leaving polling place).  

Association: voting, human factors Source: NIST HF Rpt.