double voting

Casting two ballots

Double voting is the illegal act of casting more than one ballot in the same election, whether by voting in multiple jurisdictions, submitting both absentee and in-person ballots, or voting under different identities.

She was charged with double voting after casting ballots in two states.

Despite frequent allegations, documented cases are rare.

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election law · ballot · vote tampering · paper ballots · chain of custody · impersonation · vote rigging · voter rolls · provisional ballot · audit trails · cast · rolls · registration · polling stations · poll workers · duplicate · vote · gerrymandering

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Opposites
vote quantity

double votingabstention

Formal refusal to vote

disenfranchisement · voter suppression · non-voting

electoral integrity

double votingelection integrity

Trustworthiness of voting systems

fair elections · ballot security · vote suppression · disenfranchisement

vote legitimacy

double votingelectoral integrity

Honest, accurate voting systems

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