diff --git a/lib/validators/selectionPileValidator.ts b/lib/validators/selectionPileValidator.ts
index 351cea20..18014739 100644
--- a/lib/validators/selectionPileValidator.ts
+++ b/lib/validators/selectionPileValidator.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class SelectionPileValidator {
 
     errors.push(...this.exceededListVotes(selectionPile.optionSelections))
 
+    if (selectionPile.explicitBlank || this.implicitlyBlank(selectionPile.optionSelections)) return errors
+
     if (includeLazyErrors) {
       errors.push(...this.belowMinListVotes(selectionPile.optionSelections))
     }
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ class SelectionPileValidator {
   }
 
   private belowMinListVotes(choices: OptionSelection[]) {
-      const options = this.recursiveFlattener(this.contest.options as OptionContent[]);
+    const options = this.recursiveFlattener(this.contest.options as OptionContent[]);
 
     const optionsWithListLimit = options.map((op) => op?.minChooseableSuboptions ? op : null)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 395baa84..d744f302 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "4.1.0",
+  "version": "4.1.1",
   "name": "@aion-dk/js-client",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Assembly Voting JS client",