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swinging-door chad

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A quick definition of swinging-door chad:

A swinging-door chad is a small piece of paper that is attached to a punch-card ballot by two points and punched out by a voter to cast a vote. The chad must be completely separated from the ballot for the vote to be counted. In the 2000 presidential election, more than 40,000 ballots with partially attached chads had to be hand-counted, causing delays in the results. Other types of chads include dimpled chads, hanging chads, and tri-chads.

A more thorough explanation:

A swinging-door chad is a small piece of precut paper that is attached to a punch-card ballot by two points and punched out by a voter to cast a vote. In order for the vote to be counted, the chad must be completely separated from the ballot.

During the 2000 presidential election, more than 40,000 ballots with partially attached chads had to be hand-counted, causing delays in the election results. There are different types of chads, including:

Dimpled chad: a chad that is bulging but not pierced, with all its points attached to the ballot.
Hanging chad: a chad that is attached to the ballot by a single point.
Pregnant chad: a chad that is bulging but not pierced, with all its points attached to the ballot. Sometimes called a dimpled chad.
Tri-chad: a chad that is attached to the ballot by three points.

For example, if a voter punches a hole in the ballot but the chad remains partially attached, it is considered a swinging-door chad. This type of chad can cause issues with machine-read ballots and may require hand-counting to ensure the vote is accurately recorded.

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BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:14

The whole having a group of hot chick friends you can flirt with while going out is great. Makes for a fun and safer environment when drinking.

babycat

15:15

I love my hot chick friends. Don't know where I would be without them

renard99

15:15

Crazy story, I had dinner with the dad of a friend of mine and he just openly went on Tinder in front of me and the other guys. Later my mom ran into him with another woman (not his wife/friend's mom) and he got very uncomfortable and never texted her again

renard99

15:15

I can't imagine what it's like being a cheater or like a serial dater. Shit seems so nervewracking

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:16

My wife and I have great and open communication but one night she kept asking me why this girl is blowing up my phone with messages/pictures so I showed her... she got a new puppy and got drunk so had her puppy doing a fashion shoot at 11pm.

babycat

15:16

Awwww

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:17

I need more hot friends to hang with, the town we are in sucks butt for it and everyone seems shifty/flaky.

glovediedthisishismom

15:17

whoever was asking for an AU wave earlier fished their wish

babycat

15:18

I keep my dating very clean and above board. No overlaps, no ambiguities. If you want to go into some sort of public office in the future it's good to be smart about things like that

babycat

15:18

So many politicians have sex scandals and that's how they get blackmailed and other people have power over them. I mean of course there are ethical and emotional issues too but it's literally just smart to not be a cheater

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:19

I would never go into public office as it drags in your family as well. Dating is so much easier then some people make it out to be and it is not that hard to not cheat. I would always tell my soldiers to rub one out before making a big decision so they arent acting dumb

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:20

Like if more cheaters just paused and rubbed one out they would be like you know maybe ill just watch some TV

babycat

15:20

I've seen some people do a really good job keeping their family out of it. But it really is an "anything they can use against you, they will" type of vibe

babycat

15:21

Ugh I need to go work on essays bye folks

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:22

I don't do anything I can be blackmailed with, I like money too much to be sketch. Have fun doing your essays and a good weekend

info-man

15:23

don't have the motivation to work on essays

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:25

I got to work on essays for finals but I'm like that is a next week me problem. I am glad to be done with LS ones. I felt weird talking about myself

babycat

15:28

Bulbasaur if you weren't constrained by location I would say you should apply to Northwestern. They love applicants like you

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:30

@babycat: what makes you say that?

RightPlant

15:31

sorry i already asked this and forgot to check but how much does a masters degree help for admissions? i rly want to go to northwestern or uchicago but im worried about my stats

glovediedthisishismom

15:32

some of you be so focused on the cheese you forgot about the trap

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:32

I have not talked to northwestern or uchicago but the schools I did talked to said graduates are nice but they cant be hard stats to compare to others as not everyone has one

babycat

15:34

@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: they really like non traditional applicants and older students

babycat

15:35

there are plenty of non trads who get admitted to nw with below median stats bc of their stories

snow

15:37

i want NW bad

JumpySubsequentDolphin

15:37

@glovediedthisishismom: im gonna get this tattooed

snow

15:38

hoping my 3 years of legal experience help!

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

15:38

Im not that old lmao Ill see if I can convince the wife to allow me to apply and research the area more. Just worried that I wont have that intellect that a rank 9 school would need

snow

15:38

shoot your shot bulb

snow

15:38

dont tell yourself that.

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