A Class Election

PUZZLE 076

Puzzle Location: By the Thames (Gudrun Weldon)

A class of ten students are voting for a class representative.
They had to write their names and the name of the person they were voting for on their ballot paper.
Everyone voted, and no votes were invalid.
Candidate A received five votes and candidate B received four votes.
How many people did not have their names written on the ballot paper?

Hint 1

Check the voting rules again.

Hint 2

You don't need to concern yourself with who won the vote.

Hint 3

Look again at what has to be written on the ballot paper.

Super Hint

There are two things that have to be written on the ballot paper: the name of the person voting and the name of the person they are voting for.

Answer

The answer is '0'.

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