Mutilated Ballot
Mutilated Ballot: An “official ballot that has been damaged to the extent that it is not possible to determine the choice the voter intended to make.
Definition
An “official ballot that has been damaged to the extent that it is not possible to determine the choice the voter intended to make. There are tw o kinds of mutilated official ballots: (1) A ballot that is mutilated and not cast. In this case, the mutilated ballot may be exchanged for a new one … (2) A ballot that is mutilated and cast. A mutilated cast ballot is to be counted in the same manner as a spoiled cast ballot.” 25 C. F. R. §81.1(l) N-of-M voting A “VOTING VARIATION in which the voter is entitled to allocate a fixed number of votes (N) over a list of M CONTEST CHOICES or WRITE-INS, with the constraint that at most 1 vote may be allocated to a given contest choice.” 2007 VVSG. Also VOTE-FOR-MANY. See also CUMULATIVE VOTING.