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overvote

noun

Etymology

From over- + vote.

  1. derived from *h₁wegʷʰ-✻ — “to promise, to vow”
  2. derived from vōtum
  3. prefixed as overvote — “over + vote”

Definitions

  1. A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules

    • An overvote that took the form of punching Gore's chad and then writing his name (or Lieberman's) in the place for a write-in candidate would unambiguously manifest the voter's intention to vote for Gore.

  2. A case in which more votes are cast in a voter's name than allowed under the rules

    • Overvotes are a relatively common phenomenon for shares held in a street name.

  3. To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules

    • […] a poll worker can manually override the program and accept the ballot, even though it has been overvoted or undervoted.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To cast more votes than allowed under the rules

      • I know a great deal of difficulty ensues, and frequently brokers' shares are overvoted.

    2. To outvote or overrule

      • Caleb and Joshua would have been overvoted by almost six hundred thousand Israelites; […]

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Derived

overvoter

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA