- spoiled ballot
- A ballot cast at an election containing erasures, delineations, stricken names of candidates, or distinguishing marks. 26 Am J2d Elect §§ 266, 270.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
spoiled ballot
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