2. Verb. (third-person singular of overvote) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overvotes
1. overvote [v] - See also: overvote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overvotes
Literary usage of Overvotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elections: Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic by David A. Powner, Randolph C. Hite (2006)
"Precinct-based optical scanners can also be programmed to detect overvotes (where
the voter votes for two candidates for one office, for example, ..."
2. Winning Florida: How the Bush Team Fought the Battle by Robert Zelnick (2001)
"Indeed, the affected ballots included a higher percentage of undervotes and a
lower percentage of overvotes than ballots not subject to manual intervention. ..."
3. Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting by Richard F. Celeste, Dick Thornburgh, Herbert Lin (2006)
"A commonly used and well-accepted aggregate metric for this error rate is the
residual vote, defined as the sum of overvotes and top-of-ticket undervotes ..."
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