tri-chad
- noun
- /ˈtraɪˌtʃæd/
- Archaic
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tri-chad
- Officials disagreed on whether to count ballots with a tri-chad as valid.
Examples
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The recount team examined each ballot for any remaining tri-chad before tallying the votes.
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If a tri-chad remains, the machine might not register the intended vote.
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The tri-chad was still attached to the ballot.
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I found a tri-chad in my voting envelope.
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During the election, the observers noted that a tri-chad could potentially cause voting errors.
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The election officials decided to review ballots showing a tri-chad to ensure every vote counted.
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After the voting, the team discovered several ballots with a tri-chad still attached.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tri-chad comes from the part tri- meaning 'three' and chad meaning 'a small bit of paper' left after punching a hole. So a tri-chad is a piece of paper still attached at three corners, which can stop a voting machine from reading a ballot.
