### Clue: Refusing to vote for German graduate over earlier disgrace at home (10)
### Answer: ABSTAINING 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Refusing to vote
  **Reversal of**(over) [G(abbrev. for German) + BA($$B$$achelor of $$A$$rts graduate)] **containing**(over) [STAIN{(evidence of) an earlier disgrace} + IN(at home,not out)].  I take it that "over" is used to indicate a reversal and a containment at the same time.