Outvote vs Overvote - What's the difference?
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To cast more votes than another
To defeat another by obtaining more votes
(US, politics) A case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules
*{{quote-book, 2001, , Breaking the Deadlock
, passage=An overvote that took the form of punching Gore's chad and then writing his name (or Lieberman's) in the place for a write-in candidate would unambiguously manifest the voter's intention to vote for Gore.}}
(business) A case in which more votes are cast in a voter's name than allowed under the rules
*{{quote-book, 1978, Martin Lipton et al., Takeovers and Freezeouts
, passage=Overvotes are a relatively common phenomenon for shares held in a street name. }}
(US, politics) To spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules
*{{quote-book, 2005, United States Government Accountability Office, Elections
, passage=
(business) To cast more votes than allowed under the rules
*{{quote-book, 1955, , Stock Market Study
, passage=I know a great deal of difficulty ensues, and frequently brokers' shares are overvoted . }}
(obsolete) To outvote or overrule
*{{quote-book, 1653, year_published=1839, William Jenkyn, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude
, passage=Caleb and Joshua would have been overvoted by almost six hundred thousand Israelites;
Overvote is a related term of outvote.
As verbs the difference between outvote and overvote
is that outvote is to cast more votes than another while overvote is to spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules.As a noun overvote is
a case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules.outvote
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