overvote
Definitions
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- noun A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules
- noun A case in which more votes are cast in a voter's name than allowed under the rules
- verb To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules
- verb To cast more votes than allowed under the rules
- verb To outvote or overrule
Examples
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One ballot was an overvote, meaning more than one candidate was selected.
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Gale Brewer, chairwoman of the City Council committee on governmental operations, and 31 other council members sent a letter to the state Board of Elections calling the machines handling of the overvote "substandard and misleading."
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Any overvote that is submitted will be thrown out as invalid.
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Ms. Weiser said she's noticed very little education efforts about the new machines, and she added, "I am very skeptical any education program can adequately address the overvote problem, which is one of the things that can happen with the machines."
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During counting, the optical scan machine interpreted the marks as an overvote, and discarded the voter's choice in that contest.
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An overvote is when someone punches in the name of the candidate, and then, just to make sure, writes their name on the ballot.
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E-voting machines are supposed to make it impossible for voters to overvote.
Note
The word 'overvote' is a compound of 'over' plus 'vote'.
