Voter Intent
Voter Intent: How the voter attempted to express their vote choices through actions taken to mark, verify, and cast an issued ballot.
Definition
How the voter attempted to express their vote choices through actions taken to mark, verify, and cast an issued ballot.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
A cognitive construct, formed by the voter, that they attempt to express through actions taken to mark, verify, and cast the issued ballot.
- Definition 3
A rule of construction of election law requiring any body that interprets a ballot to attempt to determine the true intent of the voter. “This title must be liberally construed to the end that: … The real will of the electors is not defeated by any informality or by failure substantially to comply with the provisions of this title with respect to the giving of any notice or the conducting of an election or certifying the results thereof.” Nevada Rev. Stat. §293.127(1).