overvoting
/ˈoʊvərˌvoʊtɪŋ/
noun
- The act or practice of casting a ballot with more selections than allowed in a contest.
- Overvoting can lead to your ballot being rejected in that particular race.
- Election officials are trained to handle cases of overvoting during the count.
- The new voting machines are designed to prevent overvoting by alerting the user.
verb
- Present participle of overvote: casting a ballot by selecting more candidates than permitted.
- The machine stopped him from overvoting by displaying a warning message.
- They were overvoting on several races because the ballot was confusing.
- She was overvoting on the school board section without realizing it.