ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overvote

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overvote is a noun meaning (US politics) A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules.

Meaning

(US politics) A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules.

(business) A case in which more votes are cast in a voter's name than allowed under the rules
(US politics) To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules
(business) To cast more votes than allowed under the rules
(obsolete) To outvote or overrule

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

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

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

[…] a poll worker can manually override the program and accept the ballot, even though it has been overvoted or undervoted.

Related dictionary entries include overruler, overruling, overrater, vetoism, overrun, overcall.

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