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A '''spoiled ballot''' or '''spoilt vote''' is a ballot where the voter is believed to have not followed the provided instructions. |
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A '''spoiled ballot''' or '''spoilt vote''' is a ballot which suggests that the voter did not followed the provided instructions. A [[ballot]] is often considered "spoilt", "spoiled"," void", "null", "informal", "invalid" or "stray" if a law declares or an [[election]] authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the [[Vote counting|vote count]].<ref>Because English is a language that divides the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]] (among other places), the Wikipedia article is a disaster. We should fix that on electowiki, at least. WTF is "residual vote", anyway? Are lawyers copying whole paragraphs out of Wikipedia (and possibly editing it to suit their purposes)?</ref><ref>The [[w:spoilt_vote]] article as of 10:23, 27 February 2023 (UTC): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spoilt_vote&oldid=1129052052</ref> This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoiled ballots in a United States election has been called the "residual vote".<ref>Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, ''Residual Votes Attributable to Technology: An Assessment of the Reliability of Existing Voting Equipment'', version 2, 3 Mar. 2001, http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~voting/Caltech_MIT_Report_Version2.pdf</ref> In Australia, such votes are generally referred to as "informal votes", and in Canada they are referred to as "rejected votes". |
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In [[voting]], a [[ballot]] is considered '''spoilt''', '''spoiled''', '''void''', '''null''', '''informal''', '''invalid''' or '''stray''' if a law declares or an [[election]] authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the [[Vote counting system|vote count]]. This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has been called the '''residual vote'''.<ref>Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, ''Residual Votes Attributable to Technology: An Assessment of the Reliability of Existing Voting Equipment'', version 2, 3 Mar. 2001, http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~voting/Caltech_MIT_Report_Version2.pdf</ref> In Australia, such votes are generally referred to as informal votes, and in Canada they are referred to as rejected votes. |
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In some jurisdictions, the number of spoiled ballots are counted and reported. |
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