For example, the recount in Michigan did not indicate any signs of invalid votes cast nor significant differences between the local vote counts and the announced vote counts. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Many pseudo-democracies with mandatory voting count invalid votes as votes for the current ruling party. (politics.stackexchange.com)
According to the commission, 1,553,348 votes or 71.1 per cent were valid, while invalid votes stood at 88,574 representing 5.4 per cent. (nigeriapoliticsonline.com)