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An exhausted ballot occurs when a voter overvotes, undervotes, or voter ranks only candidates that are eliminated from race ([[Exhausted choices]] ).
Because these votes are not tabulated in the final round, that ballot does not influence the election after it becomes exhausted.
=Exhausted ballot types=
RCV (IRV) Ballot maybe be flagged as 'exhausted' for several different reasons.
==Exhausted Choices==
An exhausted choice occurs when a voter ranks only candidates that are eliminated from contention.
See details at [[Exhausted_choices |Exhausted choices ]]
=Ballot Exhaustion=
Refers to processing a ranked choice voting contest on a cast ballot, when that ballot becomes inactive and cannot be advanced in the tabulation for a contest because there are no further valid rankings on the ballot for continuing contest options.
See also:
* [[Exhausted_choices |Exhausted choices ]]
* [[Spoiled_ballot | Spoiled ballot]]
Links:
* https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/glossary_files/Glossary_of_Election_Terms_EAC.pdf
* https://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/research/files/sbps-exhaustion.pdf
An '''exhausted ballot''' is a ballot with rankings that are not considered in rounds of an election using some variation of IRV / RCV (single winner) and [[Single Transferable Vote|Single Transferable Vote (STV)]] due to elimination in prior rounds. The ballot rankings get eliminated because ''all'' candidates who appear in the particular ballot/ranking were eliminated from the election's prior rounds of tallying. The practice of eliminating ballots from consideration is sometimes referred to as '''ballot exhaustion'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ballot exhaustion |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_exhaustion |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> Single-winner STV is sometimes referred to as "instant-runoff voting" or "ranked-choice voting".
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