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teller Politics a person appointed to count votes in a legislative body, assembly, etc. Teller Edward. 1908--2003, US nuclear physicist, born in Hungary: a major contributor to the development of the hydrogen bomb (1952) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Another retail vote fraud technique, this one used by vote counters, is "the short pencil"--where a vote counter conceals pencil lead under a fingernail to make additional marks on a ballot in order to invalidate one or more votes by causing "over-votes. The devices range from high-tech electronic vote counters that record choices on magnetic disks, to punch-card ballots, in which a stylus is used to punch a hole next to a candidate's name (see chart, page 15). The high-profile and heated rerun of the Screen Actors Guild elections drew what is likely a record turnout, officials said, leaving vote counters scrambling late Friday to tally thousands of ballots. |
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