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hanging chad

/ˈhæŋɪŋ tʃæd/

Traducción: Pequeño fragmento de papel de una tarjeta perforada que queda parcialmente unido tras la perforación, conocido por su papel en las controvertidas papeletas de las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos en 2000.

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  • esPequeño fragmento de papel de una tarjeta perforada que queda parcialmente unido tras la perforación, conocido por su papel en las controvertidas papeletas de las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos en 2000.

A small piece of paper from a punched card that remains partially attached after being punched, famously associated with disputed ballots in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

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    A small piece of paper from a punch card ballot that remains partially attached after being punched, causing ambiguity in vote counting.

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    • The 2000 US presidential election was famously affected by hanging chads.
    • Election officials had to manually inspect each ballot for hanging chads.
    • The controversy over hanging chads led to voting reform.