One of the most troubling issues was so-called overvotes -- where it appeared that more than one candidate had been chosen. ❋ Unknown (2009)
VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Federal Judge Orders All 2004 Ohio ballots preserved'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Columbus attorney Clifford Arnebeck and other complainants said an ongoing investigation has found a pattern of tampering, that punch-card ballots in at least six urban counties including Hamilton show a systematic pattern of multiple punches or so-called overvotes that disproportionately favored President Bush over Democratic Sen. John Kerry.' ❋ Unknown (2006)
Columbus attorney Clifford Arnebeck and other complainants said an ongoing investigation has found a pattern of tampering, that punch-card ballots in at least six urban counties including Hamilton show a systematic pattern of multiple punches or so-called overvotes that disproportionately favored President Bush over Democratic Sen. John Kerry. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The voters got confused and wound up selecting two candidates - mistakes known as "overvotes" that were quietly disqualified, according to the report. ❋ REUVEN BLAU (2011)
The Brennan Center has filed a legal challenge to New York's method of handling so-called overvotes - ballots on which a voter fills in ovals next to the names of two candidates for a single office. ❋ Editorials (2011)
Although these votes should probably have been classified as overvotes rather than undervotes, in either eventuality they are not very useful to us. ❋ Nate Silver (2008)
What about "overvotes" (where voters punched more than one hole)? ❋ Michael Stokes Paulsen (2009)
I'd also clarify that the "overvotes" category includes all non-blank spoiled ballots, and all things that ever seemed to be ballots in the initial count. ❋ Unknown (2006)
"Successfully prevented such 'overvotes' from being counted" is what I ought to have said. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Instead, they bent over backwards to concoct hypothetical situations in which George W. Bush might still have won the presidency – if the recount had been limited to only a few counties or if legal "overvotes," where a voter both checks and writes in the name of the candidate, were cast aside. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Kobitz, deputy administrator for the Board of Elections, about "overvotes" and ❋ Unknown (2010)
A recently uncovered memo shows that the Florida judge in charge of last year's presidential recount was moving toward counting the "overvotes" that heavily favored Al Gore when George W. Bush got five Republicans on the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2009)
New unofficial tallies show Al Gore gaining 682 votes from an analysis of 'overvotes' in Florida, enough to erase Bush's official victory margin of 537. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But the Constitution says otherwise, and all the recounts showed he won Florida fair and square (the hypothetical scenarios that included "overvotes" were impermissible under FL law).
Pros - Prevents "overvotes" (voting for more than one candidate for the same race). ❋ Unknown (2008)
