"Canvass" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
The act of examining and counting the returns of votes cast at a pub-lic election. Bowler v. Elsenhood, 1 S. Dak. 577, 48 N. W. 136, 12 L. R. A. 705; Clark v. Tracy, 95 lowa, 410, 64 N. W. 290; Hudson v. Solomon, 19 Kan. 180; People v. Sausalito, 106 Cal. 500, 39 Pac. 937; In re Stew-art, 24 App, Dlv. 201, 48 N, Y. Supp. 957
To examine by discussion; to debate.
To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by
traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes;
to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; --
commonly followed by for.
Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a
canvass of votes.
To go trough, with personal solicitation or public
addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for
subscriptions.
To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize;
as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district
with reference to its probable vote.
Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to
obtain votes, subscribers, etc.
Examination in the way of discussion or debate.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
A canvassing for votes.
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