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Spoiled votes may or may not be protest votes, but are often kept aside for challenges, further examination, or disposal. 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]
Compared to plurality without primaries, the elimination of weak candidates in earlier rounds reduces their effect on the final results; however, spoiled elections remain common compared to other systems. [25] [27] [28] As a result, instant-runoff voting still tends towards two-party rule through the process known as Duverger's law.
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]
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A refused ballot, or similar alternative, is a choice available to voters in many elections. This is an alternative for many people to casting a disparaging spoiled ballot , which is not counted separately from ballots which have been accidentally spoiled.
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In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (), and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.
A California federal judge on Tuesday expressed doubt over Elon Musk's "irreparable harm" claims in his lawsuit against Sam Altman.