electoral fraud
Stolen ballot boxes
Electoral fraud is the illegal manipulation of elections to alter outcomes.
Methods include tampering with ballots, falsifying vote counts, preventing eligible voters from casting ballots, and casting votes under false identities.
The term appears in allegations across the political spectrum: Claims of electoral fraud delayed certification of the results.
Also called voter fraud or election fraud, though these terms sometimes carry different political connotations.
Corrupt payment for influence
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- graftIllicit political gain
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
embezzlement · malfeasance · misappropriation · pay-to-play · quid-pro-quo · patronage
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- poll-taxesFixed per-person government charges
Infiltrating protected digital systems
- cyberattacksMalicious digital intrusions
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
- tabulatorsDevices that count or arrange
Formal examination of facts
- recountNarrate or retally
- auditFormal accounts examination
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
litigation · indictment · prosecution · oversight · transparency · verification · contestation · annulment
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
cronyism · embezzlement · malfeasance · misappropriation · pay-to-play · quid-pro-quo · patronage
intimidation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
poll-taxes · misinformation · robocalls · mailers · electioneering
hacking
Infiltrating protected digital systems
- cyberattacksMalicious digital intrusions
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
miscounting
Tallying incorrectly
- misreportingConveying facts inaccurately
investigation
Formal examination of facts
- recountNarrate or retally
- auditFormal accounts examination
- certificationAttestation of qualification
whistleblower · litigation · indictment · prosecution · oversight · transparency · verification · contestation · annulment
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
- political crimestreason, sedition, insurrection, coup d'etat, political corruption
- political dysfunctionmisrule, tyranny, authoritarianism, dictatorship, despotism
- regional crisespoverty, inequality, violence, crime, corruption
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
electoral fraudelection integrity
Trustworthiness of voting systems
election security · electoral integrity · fair elections · democratic elections
electoral frauddemocratic accountability
Government answerable to voters
representative democracy · civic trust · good governance · rule of law · representative government
fraud, election, deceit, electoral, elections, electorate, electors, reelection, electorally