hanging chad
noun [ C ] uk/ˌhæŋ.ɪŋ ˈtʃæd/ us/ˌhæŋ.ɪŋ ˈtʃæd/
因未完全穿孔而依然悬吊在纸张或卡片上的小纸片，尤指未完全穿孔的选票
a small piece that is still partly attached to a piece of paper or card after someone has tried to make a hole in it, for example as a way of showing who they are voting for in an election
An estimated 46,000 city and county voters clearly intended to vote but left only dimples or hanging chads. 估计有46,000名市、县选民明确打算投票，但只留下了带有压痕或悬吊纸片的废票。
Do any states still use the old paper punch card ballots with their hanging chads? 是否有任何州仍在使用旧的纸质打孔卡选票，造成悬吊在洞孔上的小纸片？
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- Remember all those ballots that had to be recounted in Florida after the 2000 presidential election because of hanging chads?
- Was a hanging chad a clear signal of a vote? How many corners had to be detached to constitute a hanging chad and to constitute a legal vote?
- According to him, this statute gave voters in Florida the right to have their ballots counted if they left a hanging chad or if they failed to punch their chad all the way through.