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False Positive Mark

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

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“A MARK on a ballot that does not meet the legal definition of an ACCEPTABBLE MARK but that is, on some occasion, detected by a vote tabula ting machine as a vote. False positive marks may be MARGINAL MARKS or RELIABLY DETECTABLE MARKS.” Jones.

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Electronic Voting Glossary
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