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 a circumstance in which a voter has ranked more than one candidate at the same ranking.[IB 2015, c. 3, §5 (NEW).]

Examples of Overvote in a sentence

  • Overvote all offices and questions (including judges) on one ballot, by marking one more vote than permitted.

  • Reinsert the blank ballot and the fully voted ballot and override the rejection feature.(2) Overvote.

  • Overvote – when an elector votes for more than the number of candidates to which he or she is entitled to vote in that contest.

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

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


More Definitions of Overvote

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 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 the selection by an elector of more
Overvote means a vote placed on a ballot question in excess of the allowable votes for that ballot question;
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
Overvote means an instance in which a voter assigned the same ranking to more than one candidate.