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Means of calculating voter turnout can vary slightly from country to country, though in all countries, it is expressed as a percentage.
Generally in the western world, the official turnout given is the total number of valid, spoiled and blank (including absentee or overseas) votes cast as a percentage of all eligible (i.e. registered) voters. Normally, people who did not register to vote are not counted as eligible voters.
In jurisdictions where one does not need to register to vote or where voting is compulsory, turnout can be expressed as a percentage of the total number of adults in the country who are not disqualified (usually through imprisonment) from voting.
Some jurisdictions do not include blank or spoiled votes in turnout and treat them as abstentions; most, however, do.
For example:
A constituency has 700 adults of voting age in it. 500 of them register to vote. Of these 500, 300 turn out to vote for a candidate on election day and 50 turn out to spoil their ballot. 300 + 50 is 350, and 350 of 500 is 70.0%, so in most countries the official turnout in this example would be reported as 70.0%, even though only 50.0% of all possible voters cast ballots.
It is worth noting that in France and some other nations, it is sometimes more common to describe how many people did notturn out to vote (the abstention rate) instead. This is another way to describing turnout; in the above example, the abstention rate would have been 30.0% The calculation is precisely the same, except the goal is to describe how many people did not vote as opposed to how many did, again as a percentage of the total possible number of registered voters.
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A special election is?
used to replace an official who has died in office.
If an official dies in office what kind of election may be held?
special
What government official certifies who is officially president?
No single government official certifies the result of a presidential election. That is one of the many functions of the U.S. Congress.No single government official certifies the result of a presidential election. That is one of the many functions of the U.S. Congress.
What act can remove a public official from office by petition?
If enough signatures are on the petition, there will be a recall election in which the public can vote to remove a public official from office.
What is a voter turnout?
It is how many voters came to the polls and to cast votes. It is usually a percentage of the registered voters. If there are 1000 registered voters and 150 vote, that is 15% and is a light turnout. If 900 vote, it is 90% and a heavy turnout.
The official turnout for an election is calculated by the divided by the number of people of eligible voting age.?
When calculating voter turnout, you would use the number of actual votes that were cast divided by the number of eligible voters. In most cases, eligible voters only includes people who have registered to vote.
How does voter turnout in off year elections compare to voter turnout in presidential election years?
true
When eligible voters actually vote in a given election?
turnout
Voter turnout in Texas is highest in which type of election?
presidential
voter turnout ?
Statistics on how many people vote in an election.
How did the election change in the early 1800's?
Male voter turnout increased dramatically.
What group has a higher voter turnout?
depends on which election and which level of government
What presidential election year ranked the lowest in voter turnout?
1996
The 1828 presidential election saw what percentage increase in voter turnout over the 1824 election?
three times
How did election change in early 1800s?
Male voter turnout increased dramatically.
What groups usually has a higher voter turnout?
depends on which election and which level of government
What factor contributed to the higher voter turnout in the 1840 election?
The turnout of voter participation was nearly 80%.
