ballot tampering
Corrupting vote counts
Ballot tampering is the illegal alteration, destruction, or manipulation of votes or voting materials.
The term covers a range of election fraud—changing marked ballots, stuffing ballot boxes with fake votes, discarding legitimate ballots, or altering vote counts.
Officials investigated claims of ballot tampering after irregularities surfaced.
The phrase often appears in political accusations, sometimes with evidence and sometimes without.
- miscountsErroneous tallies
- hanging chadsIncompletely separated ballot perforations
- voter suppressionTactics discouraging ballot access
- dead votersDeceased on voter rolls
- vote buyingExchanging money for ballots
corruption · disenfranchisement · voter ID laws · audit trails · bribery · coercion · whistleblower · paper ballots · mail-in ballots · drop box · election fraud · rigged election · election audits · chain of custody · double voting · voter impersonation · signature forgery · perjury
- election fraudelection fraud, voter fraud, vote rigging, rigged elections, rigged election
- Political Corruptionbribery, graft, kickbacks, cronyism, nepotism
- political dysfunctionmisrule, tyranny, authoritarianism, dictatorship, despotism
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Teapot Dome, coverup
ballot tamperingelectoral integrity
Honest, accurate voting systems
certified results · election security · election integrity · poll watchers · election monitoring