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Overvote definition

Overvote means that the elector marks or designates more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or designates more than one answer to a ballot question, and the tabulator records no vote for the office or question.
Overvote means to vote for more than the permitted number of choices for any office or question on a ballot.
Overvote means an instance where a voter has assigned the same ranking to more than one candidate.

Examples of Overvote in a sentence

  • Overvote errors occurred when participants selected more than one candidate in a single-candidate race.

  • Overvote and Opportunity to Correct Ballot All systems used in Texas allow a voter to change his or her vote.

  • Based on data taken directly from the data table accompanying the state’s 2008 Overvote and Undervote report, the above suggests the following: • Design or performance differences that distinguish the Premier and Optech from the other three systems are the likely source of the differential rates of overvoting.

  • Figure 4: ES&S M-100 Overvote Screen Source: “Instructions for Using Optical Scan Ballot, M-100 Ballot Scanner, and AutoMark,” Kanawha County Guide for Voters, http://www.kanawha.us/shared/content/Page_objects/pdfs/county_clerk/Optical%20Scan%20Ballot.pdf Imagine the voter’s experience.

  • Discussion Regarding Overvote Procedures on Optical Voting Systems.


More Definitions of Overvote

Overvote means a circumstance in which a voter has ranked more than one candidate at the same ranking.[IB 2015, c. 3, §5 (NEW).]
Overvote means an instance where the elector marked votes for more than the maximum number of candidates or responses for a ballot measure.
Overvote means the selection by an elector of more
Overvote means the selection by an elector of more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or the designation of more than one answer to a ballot question or ballot issue.
Overvote means a ballot on which a voter casts a vote for a greater number of candidates or positions than the number for which he was lawfully entitled to vote and no vote shall be counted with respect to that office or issue.
Overvote means a circumstance in which a voter has ranked more than one candidate at the same ranking.
Overvote means that the elector marks or designates more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or designates more than one answer