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Approval doesn't have ''overvotes'' by definition
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An '''overvote''' occurs when an item on a ballot is marked for more choices than the rules permit.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2001-05-10-recountmethod.htm</ref> An example would if the rules say, "Vote for not more than one," and a voter selects two candidates. [[RONR]] notes that such votes are illegal (p. 402): "If he votes for too many candidates for a given office, however, that particular section of the ballot is illegal, because it is not possible for the tellers to determine for whom the member desired to vote."
In [[approval voting]], overvotes (i.e. voting for more candidates than winners) are counted and the ballot is legal.<ref>http://www.approvalvoting.org/glossary.html</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>http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/proxyprocess/proxyvotingbrief.htm</ref>
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