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{{Short description|Spoiled vote in an election}}
An '''overvote''' occurs when one votes for more than the maximum number of selections allowed in a contest.<ref>[http://www.eac.gov/voting%20systems/docs/vvsgvolumei.pdf/attachment_download/file/ 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613012027/http://www.eac.gov/voting%20systems/docs/vvsgvolumei.pdf/attachment_download/file |date=2008-06-13 }},
One example of an overvote would be voting for two candidates in a single race with the instruction "Vote for not more than one." ''[[Robert's Rules of Order]]'' notes that such votes are illegal
The exact definition of overvotes is ambiguous in a contest with N-of-M voting, where N of M choices can be selected and N>1 (vote for no more than N). Sometimes overvotes are reported as the number of ballots overvoted in the contest, and sometimes it is reported as N*overvoted-ballots.
[[Undervotes]] combined with overvotes (known as [[residual vote]]s) can be an academic indicator in evaluating the accuracy of a voting system when recording [[voter intent]].<ref>▼
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▲[[Undervotes]] combined with overvotes (known as [[residual vote]]s) can be an academic indicator in evaluating the accuracy of a voting system when recording [[voter
| last1 = Alvarez | first1 = R. Michael
| last2 = Katz | first2 = Jonathan N.
| last3 = Hill | first3 = Jonathan N.
| title = Machines Versus Humans: The Counting and Recounting of Pre-scored Punchcard Ballots
| version = VTP
| publisher = CALTECH/MIT
| date = September 20, 2005
| url = http://www.vote.caltech.edu/media/documents/wps/vtp_wp32.pdf
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While an overvote in a [[plurality voting system]] or [[limited voting]] is always illegal, in certain other [[Voting system|electoral methods]] including [[approval voting]], this style of voting is valid, and thus invalid overvotes are not possible.<ref>
In the corporate world, the term "overvote" describes a situation in which someone votes more proxies than they are authorized to, or for more shares than they hold of record.<ref>
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