Hanging Chads: A Deep Dive into the Infamous Florida Recount and the 2000 Presidential Election
The Essence of a Chad To understand the significance of “Hanging Chads,” one must first grasp the mechanics of the punch-card voting systems prevalent in the early 2000s. In these systems, voters marked their choices by punching out small rectangular or circular pieces of paper, known as “chads,” from a ballot card. These cards were…