diff --git a/django/newforms/forms.py b/django/newforms/forms.py
index fdc41f7dee..88d5f8b3df 100644
--- a/django/newforms/forms.py
+++ b/django/newforms/forms.py
@@ -182,12 +182,11 @@ class BaseForm(StrAndUnicode):
         for name, field in self.fields.items():
             if name in exceptions:
                 continue
-            # value_from_datadict() gets the data from the dictionary.
+            # value_from_datadict() gets the data from the data dictionaries.
             # Each widget type knows how to retrieve its own data, because some
             # widgets split data over several HTML fields.
             value = field.widget.value_from_datadict(self.data, self.files, self.add_prefix(name))
-            # HACK: ['', ''] and [None, None] deal with SplitDateTimeWidget. This should be more robust.
-            if value not in (None, '', ['', ''], [None, None]):
+            if not field.widget.is_empty(value):
                 return False
         return True
 
diff --git a/django/newforms/widgets.py b/django/newforms/widgets.py
index e134e60bd7..9c4a3cd698 100644
--- a/django/newforms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/newforms/widgets.py
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ class Widget(object):
         of this widget. Returns None if it's not provided.
         """
         return data.get(name, None)
+    
+    def is_empty(self, value):
+        """
+        Given a dictionary of data and this widget's name, return True if the
+        widget data is empty or False when not empty.
+        """
+        if value not in (None, ''):
+            return False
+        return True
 
     def id_for_label(self, id_):
         """
@@ -301,6 +310,11 @@ class CheckboxInput(Widget):
             # send results for unselected checkboxes.
             return False
         return super(CheckboxInput, self).value_from_datadict(data, files, name)
+    
+    def is_empty(self, value):
+        # this widget will always either be True or False, so always return the
+        # opposite value so False values will make the form empty
+        return not value
 
 class Select(Widget):
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, choices=()):
@@ -343,6 +357,12 @@ class NullBooleanSelect(Select):
     def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
         value = data.get(name, None)
         return {u'2': True, u'3': False, True: True, False: False}.get(value, None)
+    
+    def is_empty(self, value):
+        # this widget will always either be True, False or None, so always
+        # return the opposite value so False and None values will make the
+        # form empty.
+        return not value
 
 class SelectMultiple(Widget):
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, choices=()):
@@ -539,6 +559,12 @@ class MultiWidget(Widget):
 
     def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
         return [widget.value_from_datadict(data, files, name + '_%s' % i) for i, widget in enumerate(self.widgets)]
+    
+    def is_empty(self, value):
+        for widget, val in zip(self.widgets, value):
+            if not widget.is_empty(val):
+                return False
+        return True
 
     def format_output(self, rendered_widgets):
         """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
index 0e69602103..ccfddc9fcd 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ checkboxes).
 >>> w.value_from_datadict({}, {}, 'testing')
 False
 
+The CheckboxInput widget will always be empty when there is a False value
+>>> w.is_empty(False)
+True
+>>> w.is_empty(True)
+False
+
 # Select Widget ###############################################################
 
 >>> w = Select()
@@ -453,6 +459,15 @@ over multiple times without getting consumed:
 <option value="3" selected="selected">No</option>
 </select>
 
+The NullBooleanSelect widget will always be empty when Unknown or No is selected
+as its value.  This is to stay compliant with the CheckboxInput behavior
+>>> w.is_empty(False)
+True
+>>> w.is_empty(None)
+True
+>>> w.is_empty(True)
+False
+
 """ + \
 r""" # [This concatenation is to keep the string below the jython's 32K limit].
 # SelectMultiple Widget #######################################################
@@ -895,6 +910,16 @@ u'<input id="foo_0" type="text" class="big" value="john" name="name_0" /><br /><
 >>> w.render('name', ['john', 'lennon'])
 u'<input id="bar_0" type="text" class="big" value="john" name="name_0" /><br /><input id="bar_1" type="text" class="small" value="lennon" name="name_1" />'
 
+The MultiWidget will be empty only when all widgets are considered empty.
+>>> w.is_empty(['john', 'lennon'])
+False
+>>> w.is_empty(['john', ''])
+False
+>>> w.is_empty(['', ''])
+True
+>>> w.is_empty([None, None])
+True
+
 # SplitDateTimeWidget #########################################################
 
 >>> w = SplitDateTimeWidget()