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Exhausted Ballot
Exhausted Ballot: Refers to processing a ranked choice voting contest on a cast ballot, when that ballot becomes inactive and cannot be advanced in the…
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Refers to processing a ranked choice voting contest on a cast ballot, when that ballot becomes inactive and cannot be advanced in the tabulation for a contest because there are no further valid rankings on the ballot for continuing contest options.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
With respect to INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING, “a ballot on which all available choices have been used; for example, all choices made on the ballot have become votes for the various candidates so indicated or contain choices for eliminated candidates or both and no other choices remain.” Wash. Rev. Code §29A.53.030(4). Cf. CONTINUING BALLOT.
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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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NIST Election Glossary
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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