Rejected Ballot
Rejected Ballot: A ballot which has been cast but cannot be counted due to a defect or ineligibility of the voter.
Definition
A ballot which has been cast but cannot be counted due to a defect or ineligibility of the voter.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
A ballot that is rejected during the counting because it is unmarked, is marked in a way that does not clearly indicate the intention of the voter, or is marked in such a way that the voter could be identified. Remote Internet
- Definition 3
Any “BALLOT on which no votes are counted because the ballot fails to have the initials of the proper election judges, because the number of votes for all offices and on all questions exceeds the number authorized by law, because the voter is deemed by the election judges to be unqualified, because it is an absentee ballot not accompanied by a completed and signed affidavit, or because the ballot was voted with unlawful assistance.” Mo. Rev. Stat. §115- 447.2(2). An ABSENTEE BALLOT that has passed signature ve rification but that cannot be counted because of other violations discovered during the opening process.