Overrule vs Overvote - What's the difference?
overrule | overvote |
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
# To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.
* Clarendon
To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
(legal) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.
1.
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person):
The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
2.
to rule or decide against (a plea, argument, etc.); reject:
to overrule an objection.
3.
to prevail over so as to change the purpose or action:
a delay that overruled our plans.
4.
to exercise control or influence over:
belief in a beneficent deity that overrules the universe.
(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;
As verbs the difference between overrule and overvote
is that overrule is to rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority while overvote is (us|politics) to spoil a ballot by marking it for more choices than allowed by the rules.As a noun overvote is
(us|politics) a case in which a voter has marked a ballot for more choices than allowed by the rules.overrule
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(en-verb)- His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
- The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.
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