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Arabic translation: الاقتراع أو التصويت بالبطاقات المثقبة

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English term or phrase:	punch-card ballots
Arabic translation:	الاقتراع أو التصويت بالبطاقات المثقبة
Entered by:	Amer al-Azem

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05:04 Sep 24, 2003

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Social Sciences - Media / Multimedia / Media

English term or phrase: punch-card ballots

“A federal court cannot lightly interfere with or rejoin a state election”, said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , even after acknowledging arguments that punch-card ballots in some countries might cause some votes to be uncounted.

Amer al-Azem KudoZ activity Questions: 1896 (32 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 295
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بطاقات التصويت المثقبة

Explanation:
أو بطاقات الاقتراع المثقبة

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Fuad Yahya

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بطاقات التصويت المثقبة

Fuad Yahya

الاقتراع عن طريق ثقب البطاقات

Sami Khamou

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بطاقات التصويت المثقبة

Explanation:
أو بطاقات الاقتراع المثقبة

Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 192

20 mins confidence:

الاقتراع عن طريق ثقب البطاقات

Explanation:
The ballot is a system of secret voting. In this instance it voting by punching a voting card.

Here is a difinition:

ballot
a system or occasion of secret voting:
Representatives were elected by ballot.
They decided to hold a ballot.
Therefore, I will suggest:
الاقتراع عن طريق ثقب البطاقات

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Note added at 2003-09-24 05:41:25 (GMT)
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Correction:
In this instance it is voting by punching a voting card.

Sami Khamou
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 22

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Changes made by editors

Dec 8, 2005 - Changes made by Fuad Yahya:
Field	Other => Social Sciences

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