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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A vote that has been cast but that shows no legally valid preference for a candidate in an election.
2. 2
   The number of such votes in an election.

Verb

1. 1
   To spoil a ballot by marking it for fewer choices than mandated by the rules.

Etymology

From under- + vote.

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