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Because these votes are not tabulated in the final round, that ballot does not influence the election after it becomes exhausted.
 
=Exhausted ballot types=
For example, if a ballot becomes exhausted in round four of an election that necessitates 6 rounds of tabulation, the voter’s ballot is not included in the final tally; it is as if they never showed up on Election Day.
RCV (IRV) Ballot maybe be flagged as 'exhausted' for several different reasons.
 
Exhausted ballot types
==Overvote==
An overvote occurs when a voter marks two candidates in a single column/rank. For example, if a voter marked both Janie Smith and Aaron Jones as his first choice, his ballot would not count in the election. Likewise, if a voter correctly ranked his first choice but marked two candidates in the following column, only the first choice would be tabulated.
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