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undervote
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un·der·vote  (ndr-vt)
n.
1. A ballot that has been cast but shows no legally valid selection in a given race or referendum.
2. The number of such ballots cast in an election.
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The straight-party option has caused problems in the past for vote counting machines and was the cause of significant New Mexico undervotes in the 2004 election (i.
LETTERS TO EDITOR by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
The key to a Gore win would have been a full statewide recount (by hand) of every uncounted ballot—both undervotes (ballots from which no vote was registered by machine) and overvotes (where multiple votes were registered).
A Rendition of Bush-Gore That's Long Overdue by Steve Kornacki / The New York Observer
GAO-08-425T February 8, 2008 In November 2006, about 18,000 undervotes were reported in Sarasota County in the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District (Florida-13).
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