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the leftover confetti bit of a punch card that decided a presidential election.
means a small paper dot punched out of a ballot or card, infamous for the ones that didn't fully detach in 2000 florida.
from named after early telecommunications engineer figures debating punch-tape residue in the 1940s, the term got dusted off and thrust into infamy during the 2000 US presidential recount, when incompletely punched ballots produced hanging, dimpled, and pregnant chads.
election chaosflorida 2000 recount hinged on chad ambiguity
naming disputeorigin story genuinely contested among engineers since 1940s
chad taxonomyhanging, swinging, dimpled, pregnant all official recount terms
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florida 2000 recount — bush v gore decided partly by chad interpretation disputes