Curiously, the equivalent of hanging chads could arrive in our political system, with a great dislocation.
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The case is also noteworthy for the issue of hanging chads in punch-card voting machines.
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A hole punch can be used to make small round chads.
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For more elaborate chads, a ticket punch can be used.
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In making these perforations, the perforator cuts small round pieces of paper, known in the art as "chads", out of the tape.
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Ticket punches also have decorative uses, involving both their perforations and their chads.
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The card punchers in some cases became clogged with chads which prevented ballots from punching completely through, resulting in an undervote.
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