Name :   David Mertz, et al. Organization :   N/A Post Date :   9/27/2005 Glossary Comments Glossary Term :   Abandoned Balot Definition :   Comment :   Ballot that the voter did not cast before leaving the polling place. For DRE or mechnical voting machines failure to case a ballot may reflect the absence of a performed finalization action in interacting with the machine. See also Fled Voter.   Explanation: the wording of the draft is grammatically awkward; no substantial content change is proposed.