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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.<ref>{{Cite parl|title = RONR|edition = 11th|year = 2011|pages = 416-417}}(RONR)</ref>
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| 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
| access-date = 2008-06-12}}</ref>
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>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-05-10-recountmethod.htm
[[Category:Elections]]
[[Category:Voting theory]]
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