Undervote definition

Undervote means that the elector does not properly designate any choice for an office or ballot question, and the tabulator records no vote for the office or question.
Undervote means the failure of an elector to vote on a ballot question or ballot issue, the failure of an elector to vote for any candidate for an office, or the designation by an elector of fewer votes than there are offices to be filled; except that it is not an undervote if there are fewer candidates than offices to be filled and the elector designates as many votes as there are candidates.
Undervote means to vote for fewer than the permitted number of choices for any office or question on a ballot.

Examples of Undervote in a sentence

  • No Undervote Check” shall be selected in the Undervote Checking dropdown menu.

  • With an organo- clay content ranging from 1 to 10 wt%, G′ and G″ values displayed by these nanocomposites increased with the clay content as observed in this work.

  • The four scanning exceptions are Undervote, Overvote, Invalid Vote, and Blank Ballot.

  • Consider Whether Event 18 (“Invalid Vote PEB”) Caused or Contributed to the CD13 Undervote Overview.

  • Undervote errors occurred when voters omitted a race in which they should have cast a vote.


More Definitions of Undervote

Undervote means an instance where the voter marked votes for fewer than the maximum number of candidates or responses for a ballot measure.
Undervote means a vote that could have been made on a ballot question but which was not made on that ballot question;
Undervote means that the elector does not properly designate any choice for an office or ballot
Undervote means that the elector does not properly designate any choice for an office or ballot question, and the tabulator records no vote for the office or question or that the elector designated less than the number of choices allowed for the office and the tabulator records those choices. This definition may be altered based upon the individual characteristics of each voting system and how the system accounts for blank ballots.
Undervote means a ballot on which a voter casts a vote for a lesser number of candidates or
Undervote means a ballot on which a voter does not assign any ranking to any candidate in a particular contest.
Undervote means a ballot on which a voter casts a vote for a lesser number of candidates or positions than the number for which he was lawfully entitled to vote.