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Keywords: Ballot, Candidate, Outvote, Outnumber, Dre

Related Terms: Recount, Referendum , Elector, Acclamation, Ballot, Candidate, Canvass, Exit Poll, Plurality, Poll, Preferential Voting, Scrutineer, Slate, Vote, Voter, Majority Vote, Approval Voting, Single Transferable Vote, General Election, Simple Majority, Proxy Voting, Electoral Roll, Electoral System, Secret Ballot, Polling Place, Provisional Ballot, Undervote, Representation Election, Primary Election, Ballot Paper, Casting Vote, Donkey Vote, Informal Vote, Absolute Majority, Compulsory Voting, First Past The Post, Optional Preferential Voting, Postal Vote, Returning Officer, Electoral College, Primary, Absentee Ballot, Polling Station, Voting Machine, Blanket Primary, No Vote, Protest Vote, Vote For Nader, Yes Vote, Ballot Initiative

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To outvote; to outnumber in votes given.

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A casting of more selections per race or ballot issue than allowed. This does not occur with a DRE unit.

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a ballot for which more than one presidential candidate was selected

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an invalid vote, it is black and white

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a vote for more candidates for a particular office than is permitted, such as voting for two candidates for President, and is usually considered an error

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