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canvassing |
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canvassing making personal representation to individual persons to solicit their custom. Usually used in a political sense but also used in the sense of touting for professional patronage, considered to be an unethical practice in most countries. 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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| Gore relies on the provision of the Florida election code stating that "no vote shall be declared invalid or void if there is a clear indication of the intent of the voter as determined by the canvassing board. You turn on CNN and see people you've known for years on a first-name basis acting as something called the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board. They did, however, think that the Republicans owed them one on the recount, and thus were emboldened to pressure canvassing board officials in Broward and Miami-Dade counties to run a hand recount that paid ever-greater homage to dimpled chads. |
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