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Definition of Overvote
1. v. t. To outvote; to outnumber in votes given.
Definition of Overvote
1. Noun. (US politics) A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules ¹
2. Noun. (business) A case in which more votes are cast in a voter's name than allowed under the rules ¹
3. Verb. (US politics) To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules ¹
4. Verb. (business) To cast more votes than allowed under the rules ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete) To outvote or overrule ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overvote
1. to defeat by a majority of votes [v -VOTED, -VOTING, -VOTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overvote
Literary usage of Overvote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1846)
"... a sufficient number to overvote the better party for establishment of the
worser way. So Trueth shall be dethroned and errour set up in the throne. ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"And lest the new-elected members should (notwithstanding all these oaths and
qualifications) oppose, and, being the greater number, overvote the present ..."
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