Name :   Doug Jones Organization :   N/A Post Date :   9/26/2005 Glossary Comments Glossary Term :   Abandoned Ballot Definition :   Comment :   In response to your request for comments on the draft glossary of voting system terminology, I offer the following. In each case, I am quoting your original and then offering an alternative definition.   Abandoned Ballot: Ballot that the voter did not cast into the ballot box or record vote on DRE before leaving the polling place. ...   Abandoned Ballot: Ballot issued to a voter at the polling place in paper or electronic form that was abandoned by the voter prior to completion of the voting process by insertion in a ballot box orelectronic recording of the result. See also fled voter. ...