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Meanings of null vote in English

Russian
испорченный бюллетень
Portuguese
voto nulo
Spanish
impugnacion del voto
Catalan
vots nuls
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Ballot that is invalid and is thus not included in the final vote count.

испорченный бюллетень
Synonyms
Examples for "spoilt vote"
Examples for "spoilt vote"
1
Any other form of marking will lead to a spoilt vote.
The South African
2
The IEC has prepared for this, and explained to us what constitutes a spoilt vote.
The South African
3
Any attempt to circle or "fill in" a box is a spoilt vote.
The South African
4
It's not just a handful of voters, either: Thousands of people register a " spoilt vote" in every national election, with varying degrees of purpose.
The South African
1
Paddy Smyth reports on how a bizarre spoiled vote saw the final decision made by drawing lot.
The Irish Times
2
The final vote was 52 in favour and 15 against the deal with one spoiled vote.
The Irish Times
3
The result was the low turnout and the high level of spoiled votes.
The Irish Times
4
Returning officers throughout the State reported what they believed were unprecedented numbers of spoiled votes.
The Irish Times
5
Some 820 students voted against the levy, and there were 44 spoiled votes.
The Irish Times
1
The number of spoilt ballot papers in the whole country probably is less than 1 per cent.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
2
To now suggest a spoilt ballot in the general election as a 'tough love' protest against ANC corruption and ineptitude is pointless.
The South African
3
Hurley added that returning officers at the Gloucestershire count had reported unprecedented numbers of spoilt ballot papers, many scrawled with abusive slogans.
The Guardian
4
The difficulty with a spoilt ballot is that the IEC's mandate is simply to register whether a ballot paper is valid or not valid.
The South African
1
All 313 Conservative MPs voted - with one spoiled ballot recorded.
Radio NZ
2
They would be free to protest with spoiled ballot papers.
The Guardian
3
Every spoiled ballot or abstention is a vote that could have been given to the opposition.
The South African
4
That means - like any other kind of spoiled ballot - the vote will be ruled "informal".
Radio NZ
5
The conduct of the campaign contributed to the unusually high number of 109,066 spoiled ballot papers.
The Irish Times
1
He maintains that if invalid votes were disallowed he would now be the constituency MP.
The Irish Times
2
Invalid votes totalled 106 and the total valid poll was 39,496.
The Irish Times
3
Following extensive discussions over doubtful ballots, it emerged five invalid votes had been included in the first full count.
The Irish Times
4
The rest cast invalid votes.
Reuters
5
At the Uefa vote, there were 28 in favour and 24 against, plus two invalid votes.
BBC
1
There were 111 invalid ballots.
The Irish Times
2
The total valid poll was 1,686,511, with 40,545 invalid ballots.
The Irish Times
3
Close to 30 percent of all voters in that election cast blank or invalid ballots, a situation which generated doubts about the vote's political legitimacy.
Radio NZ