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In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the vote count. This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has been called the residual vote. [1]
Due to the low turnouts at elections, the National Assembly of Bulgaria introduced compulsory voting in 2016 – the only European country to do so in more than 50 years – but the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria annulled the law the following year, declaring that the right to vote was a subjective right and not a public function that ...
A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) [1] is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or the current political system. [2] Protest voting takes a variety of forms and reflects numerous voter motivations, including political apathy. [3]
Interactive maps, databases and real ... 1/13 Vote-Rigging Maps. Analysis of proposals to allocate presidential electors by congressional district. 12/12 Breaking The ...
Historical: the country had compulsory voting in the past. Electoral rules place limits on suffrage and candidacy. Most countries's electorates are characterised by universal suffrage, but there are differences on the age at which people are allowed to vote, with the youngest being 16 and the oldest 21. People may be disenfranchised for a range ...
Cambodia's election commission said on Tuesday that nearly half a million ballots were spoiled in the national election last month, which critics have called a sham as all opposition parties were ...
Currently no elections are held: China: Currently no elections are held: Comoros: President: Head of State and Government Two-round system: Assembly of the Union: Unicameral legislature Two-round system: Democratic Republic of the Congo: President: Head of State First-past-the-post: Senate: Upper chamber of legislature Elected by provincial ...
Hurricane Helene has already upended the election in North Carolina, where the General Assembly unanimously passed special voting rules after the disaster to make it easier for 1.3 million ...