Well, spoiled ballots are tracked and when there’s a higher than normal proportion of spoiled ballots its clear there’s something wrong, which can be the basis for various courses of action.
Calling it a spoiled ballot is usually fine, but from my time doing work for the AEC I wanna point out that technically, what @baggins@beehaw.org described above isn’t what would be classified as a “spoiled” ballot. It’s an informal vote. Officially, spoiled ballots are when a voter brings it back to the polling official and says “I made a mistake, can you give me another one?” They go in a special envelope and never go in the ballot box, unlike informal votes.
Well, spoiled ballots are tracked and when there’s a higher than normal proportion of spoiled ballots its clear there’s something wrong, which can be the basis for various courses of action.
Calling it a spoiled ballot is usually fine, but from my time doing work for the AEC I wanna point out that technically, what @baggins@beehaw.org described above isn’t what would be classified as a “spoiled” ballot. It’s an informal vote. Officially, spoiled ballots are when a voter brings it back to the polling official and says “I made a mistake, can you give me another one?” They go in a special envelope and never go in the ballot box, unlike informal votes.
TIL!