| 单词 | butterfly ballot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly ballot butterfly ballot n. chiefly U.S. colloquial a machine-readable ballot paper having the names of the candidates printed on either side of a column of punched holes, which the voter pierces to select his or her preferred candidate.Particularly associated with the ballot paper used in Florida during the U.S. Presidential elections in 2000, which was claimed to have confused Democratic voters into selecting the wrong candidate. ΚΠ 2000 N.Y. Observer 20 Nov. 4/2 Members of this demographic..suddenly came forward to say they had been precipitated into senior moments by a butterfly ballot. 2008 Independent 1 Nov. 3/2 Hanging chads and butterfly ballots decided the outcome, and ushered in..the most inept and disastrous presidency of the modern era. 2011 R. K. Scher Politics of Disenfranchisement v. 115 The famous ‘butterfly ballot’ in Palm Beach County, Florida (where Pat Buchanan received thousands of votes apparently meant for Al Gore). < as lemmas |
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