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In many jurisdictions, if multiple elections or referendums are held simultaneously, then there may be separate physical ballots for each, which may be printed on different-colored paper and posted into separate ballot boxes. In the United States, a single physical ballot is often used to record
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is one that has been handled by an elector in such a manner that it is ruined beyond use, or that the deputy returning officer finds soiled or improperly printed. The spoilt ballot is not placed in the ballot box, but rather is marked as spoilt by the deputy returning officer and set aside. The
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The validity of an election may be questioned if there is an unusually high proportion of spoilt votes. In multiple-vote U.S. ballots, "voter roll-off" is calculated by subtracting the number of votes cast for a "down-ballot" office, such as mayor, from the number of votes cast for a
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by the National People's Congress in Beijing. Despite the Government have criminalised inciting voters to cast invalid ballots or not vote, as well as attempts to boost voter turnout, the election recorded a record number of invalid ballots as well as historically low voter turnout.
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elector is given another ballot. A 'rejected ballot' is one which cannot be counted due to improper marking by the voter. Examples of this are ballots which have more than one mark, the intent of the voter cannot be ascertained, or the voter can be identified by their mark.
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As an example, UK law specifically precludes ballots "on which votes are given for more candidates than the voter is entitled to vote for", "on which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified" or "which unmarked or void for uncertainty".
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can aid or inhibit clarity in an election, resulting in less or more accidental spoiling. Some election officials have discretion to allow ballots where the criteria for acceptability are not strictly met but the voter's intention is clear. More complicated
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multiple separate votes. In such cases one can distinguish an "invalid ballot", where all votes on the ballot are rendered invalid, from a "partially valid" ballot, with some votes are valid and others invalid.
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jurisdictions, to show disapproval of the candidates standing whilst still taking part in the electoral process. Intentionally spoiling someone else's ballot before or during tabulation is an
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elections) some voters have marked, say, 1-2-3 on one ballot paper and 4-5-6 on the other; some returning officers consequently allowed 4-5-6 ballots to be counted, until a
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reported undervoting rate of 0.1% in US Senate elections and 1.6% in US House elections; overvotes were much rarer. Some paper-based voting systems and most
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out of sequence, e.g. 1-2-2-3-4 or 1-2-4-5-6, 1-4-2-4-5. In most cases, only the first two choices in these examples would be counted as valid.
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Making marks on the ballot other than those necessary to complete it, from which the voter's identity can be ascertained, compromising the
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If a voter makes a mistake while completing a ballot, it may be possible to cancel it and start the voting process again.
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requires that voters are informed when they have overvoted, unless a paper-ballot voting system is in use.
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Residual Votes Attributable to Technology: An Assessment of the Reliability of Existing Voting Equipment
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Filling out the ballot in a manner that is incompatible with the voting system being used, e.g.:
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For the phenomenon of like-minded voters splitting their votes among multiple candidates, see
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Voter instructions are usually intended to minimize the accidental spoiling of votes.
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when such an option is not permitted. The vote for this candidate would be discarded.
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were introduced in Australia owing to the high number of informal votes cast in
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Spoilt ballot paper from the 2021 UK Police and Crime Commissioner Elections
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Filling the ballot in a manner that makes the voter's decision unclear.
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authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the
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http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~voting/Caltech_MIT_Report_Version2.pdf
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Physically deforming ballots, especially those counted by machine.
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In some jurisdictions spoilt votes are counted and reported.
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Determining the Validity of Optical Scan Ballot Markings
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A voter may deliberately spoil a vote, for example as a
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While it is not illegal to advocate informal voting in
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A ballot may be spoilt in a number of ways, including:
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can notify voters of under-votes and over-votes. The
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not to advocate incomplete preference voting for the
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