poll rigging
Corrupting vote counts
Poll rigging is the manipulation of an election or vote to produce a desired outcome through fraudulent means—stuffing ballot boxes, tampering with counts, intimidating voters, or falsifying results.
The term also applies to manipulating opinion polls through biased sampling or leading questions: Accusations of poll rigging undermined confidence in the election results.
- ballot stuffingFraudulent vote inflation
- voter fraudIllegal interference with elections
- election fraudIllegal manipulation of voting
- dead votersDeceased on voter rolls
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
electoral manipulation · corruption · vote buying · gerrymandering · tampering · stolen election · hanging chads · intimidation · coercion · bribery · cheating · fixed · sham · counting · boxes · ballot harvesting · stuffed · observers
poll riggingelectoral integrity
Honest, accurate voting systems
free vote · election monitoring · international oversight · ballot security · voter verification
poll riggingconsent of the governed
Rulers need citizen approval
popular sovereignty · self-determination · universal suffrage · representative government · representative democracy
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