1.   And as with old-fashioned lever machines, voters can change their minds up to the last minute without any risk of spoiling their ballot.

2.   A growing number of Indonesians appear to have joined a movement to boycott the election, either by staying away from the polls or by spoiling their ballots.

3.   Precincts with more black, Hispanic and elderly voters had substantially more spoiled ballots, The Times found.

4.   There were a lot of things that could have caused the ballot to be spoiled, starting with the voter.

5.   Twenty-three percent said they would spoil their ballots or leave them blank as a protest.

6.   Another ballot was spoiled.

7.   He said he purposely spoiled his ballot and was beaten by soldiers.

8.   Most did not know who the candidates were, and many said they deliberately spoiled their ballot by marking more than one name.

9.   Since voting is obligatory, Toledo urged voters to spoil their ballots in protest.

10.   Two ballots were spoiled.