recanvass
Speech parts
1. recanvass - Noun
2. recanvass - Verb
Meaning
recanvass (third-person singular simple present recanvasses, present participle recanvassing, simple past and past participle recanvassed)
(transitive) To canvass again or anew.
recanvass (plural recanvasses)
A second or subsequent canvassing.
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Examples
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez angrily called on the state party to recanvass after a delay due to problems with a smartphone app used to report results.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Thursday called for the Democratic Party to conduct a recanvass after the state’s caucuses earlier this week were mired in confusion and have yet to produce a definitive result.
In a defiant statement, however, the Iowa Democratic Party made no mention of the DNC’s request for a recanvass.
“In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.”
Results slowly trickled in across the days following the caucuses, and the state party is conducting a partial recanvass of results following requests from Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg.
The recanvass began at 9 a.m. on Sunday.