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False Negative Mark

False Negative Mark: “A MARK on a ballot that meets the legal definition of an ACCEPTABBLE MARK but that is, on some occasion, not detected by a vote…

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“A MARK on a ballot that meets the legal definition of an ACCEPTABBLE MARK but that is, on some occasion, not detected by a vote tabulating machine as a vote. False negative marks may be MARGINAL MARKS or RELIABLY IGNORED MARKS.” Jones.

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