What is an undervote?

An undervote occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in a contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest or when no selection is made for a s…ingle choice contest. [1] . An undervote can be intentional for purposes including protest votes , tactical voting or abstention . Alternately undervotes can be unintentional and caused by many factors including poor ballot design .. Undervotes combined with overvotes (known as residual votes ) can be an academic indicator in evaluating the accuracy of a voting system when recording voter intent . [2] (MORE)