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🗳️ Too many votes 🗳️ Too many choices
overvoting

overvoting

8.5
Choosing more options on a ballot than allowed so the vote does not count
  • noun
  • /ˈoʊvərˌvoʊtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : votación excesiva
  • The election officials discarded the ballot because of overvoting in the city council section.

Examples

  • Voters are instructed to avoid overvoting to ensure their choices are counted.

  • A high rate of overvoting can affect the outcome of a close election.

  • The election was marred by overvoting in several districts.

  • Many ballots were rejected due to overvoting.

  • The election officials noticed instances of overvoting when many ballots had more selections than allowed.

  • During the audit, they discovered that overvoting caused several votes to be invalidated.

  • In the recent election, overvoting led to the disqualification of several thousand ballots.

Synonyms

overvote
vsovervoting
  • Specialized
2 8.1

A ballot with more marks than allowed that is not counted

is the same idea written as an action form rather than the noun form

Surface Forms

overvoting singular
overvotings plural

Morphology

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

Derived from 'overvote' with the nominal/gerund '-ing', making the act of excessive or invalid voting readily inferable.

Etymology

Overvoting comes from over- meaning 'too much' and vote meaning 'to choose'. That's why the word is used when someone marks 'too many' choices on a ballot, which can make that vote invalid.