overvote verb 3noun 2forms 3 verb3 •(US) To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules[…] a poll worker can manually override the program and accept the ballot, even though it has been overvoted or undervoted. — 2005 •To cast more votes than allowed under the rulesI know a great deal of difficulty ensues, and frequently brokers' shares are overvoted. — 1955 •(no longer used) To outvote or overruleCaleb and Joshua would have been overvoted by almost six hundred thousand Israelites; […] — 1653 noun2 •(US) A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules •A case in which more votes are cast in a voter's name than allowed under the rulesOvervotes are a relatively common phenomenon for shares held in a street name. — 1978 formsovervoted · overvoting · overvotes
