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United States Historical Examples of Vote Counting Problems
In 2000, the presidential election came down to Texas Governor, George W. Bush and Vice President, Al Gore On election night, the votes for Florida were too close to call. When looking to do a recount, there were confusing ballots with hanging chads and dimpled chads. Chads are defined as a "tiny scored portion of a paper ballot that voters punch out using a small stylus to indicate their preference for a candidate" and when it does not get punched out all the way, it becomes a hanging or dimpled chad. When the chads are hanging or not punched out all the way, or both, it becomes hard to determine who an individual chose to vote for. These punch out ballot types are what made ballet recounts so hard for Florida in the 2000 presidential election.