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🗳️ Too many votes 🗳️ Too many choices
overvoting

overvoting

7.9
More votes appear than there are ballots or eligible voters, showing an error
  • noun
  • /ˈoʊvərˌvoʊtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sobrevotación
  • Strict procedures are in place to prevent overvoting during ballot counting.

Examples

  • A technical glitch led to overvoting that affected the final results.

  • The election faced issues of overvoting in several districts.

  • The election was investigated after officials noticed overvoting in several precincts.

  • Many ballots were flagged for overvoting during the recount.

  • The election officials reported incidences of overvoting that necessitated a recount of the ballots.

  • During the audit, they discovered overvoting in several precincts, which raised concerns about the election's integrity.

  • The candidate's victory was questioned due to overvoting that had occurred in the previous election.

Synonyms

overcount
vsovervoting
1 6.3

A number too high because something was counted more than once

is the same type of error but specific to votes in an election

How Serious

to stuff the ballot box
  • Literature
2 8.4
overvoting
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

overvoting singular
overvotings plural

Morphology

overvoting = overvote (transparent) = over + vote + ing

Formed from the verb 'overvote' (over- + vote) with the productive gerund/nominal suffix '-ing', so the meaning (excess voting or votes) is predictable.

Etymology

Overvoting comes from over- meaning 'too much', as in overcook, and vote meaning 'to choose'. So it describes a situation when there are 'too many' votes recorded, more than the number of ballots or voters, which usually shows an error.