Undervote
Undervote: Occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is…
Also known as: Undervotes
Definition
Occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made for a single choice contest.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
(1) Occurs when the number of alternatives selected by a voter in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest. (2) Practice of voting for less than the total number of election contests listed on the ballot, or of voting for less than the number of positions to be filled for a single office (i.e., A person would undervote if a contest required the selection of 3 out of a given number of candidates, and the voter chose only two candidates). Also known as undervoting
- Definition 3
Occurs when the number of voter selections in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made.
- Definition 4
An undervote occurs when a voter makes fewer selections than she is entitled to make. For example, voting for only two candidates when the voter is entitled to vote for three out of seven candidates is an undervote.
- Definition 5
Occurs when the number of voter selections in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made. The number of undervotes is equal to the number of votes lost, for example, if no selection is made in a vote for two contest, the number of votes lost is two.
- Definition 6
The act of having voted for fewer than the allo wed number of candidates in an office or on a ballot. A “condition of a voted ballot in which fewer votes have been cast for an issue or office than permitted by law.” Minn. Rules §8220.0250.33. Cf. OVERVOTE.