- Undervote
An undervote occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in a contest is less thanthe maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made for a singlechoice contest. [ [http://www.eac.gov/voting%20systems/docs/vvsgvolumei.pdf/attachment_download/file/ 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines] , pA-18
Election Assistance Commission ]An undervote can be intentional for purposes including
protest vote s,tactical voting orabstention . Alternately undervotes can be unintentional and caused by many factors including poor ballot design.Undervotes combined with overvotes (known as
residual vote s) can be an academic indicator in evaluating the accuracy of a voting system when recordingvoter intent . [cite paper
last1 = Alvarez | first1 = R. Michael
last2 = Katz | first2 = Jonathan N.
last3 = Hill | first3 = Jonathan N.
title = Machines Versus Humans: The Counting and Recounting of Pre-scored Punchcard Ballots
version = VTP WORKING PAPER #32
publisher = CALTECH/MIT VOTING TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
date = September 20, 2005
url = http://www.vote.caltech.edu/media/documents/wps/vtp_wp32.pdf
accessdate = 2008-06-12]References
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