1. to cast more votes than one is entitled to cast in an election
Usage: third person singular present tense or plural form
2. to vote for more candidates than the number of positions available
Usage: third person singular present tense or plural form

1. instances or ballots in which a voter has cast more votes than permitted
Usage: plural form

Examples

• The election officials discovered several overvotes on the ballots.
• When a voter overvotes, their ballot may be invalidated or the excess votes discarded.
• The machine detected overvotes and flagged them for manual review.
• In some jurisdictions, overvotes result in the entire ballot being rejected.
• The recount revealed multiple overvotes that had not been caught initially.
• Voters sometimes overvote by mistake when they are unfamiliar with the ballot format.