stuff the ballot box
Rig the vote
To stuff the ballot box is to corrupt an election by adding fraudulent votes—originally by literally inserting fake paper ballots into the collection box.
The phrase now covers any scheme to manipulate vote counts: They accused party operatives of stuffing the ballot box with absentee votes.
Extended figuratively to any rigged selection process: The awards committee stuffed the ballot box with their friends' nominations.
- electoral fraudIllegal election manipulation
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- polling stationElection day venue
- swing stateElectorally competitive region
- hanging chadIncompletely detached ballot perforation
dead voters · rigging · tampering · forgery · skulduggery · smoke-filled room · political machine · falsification · cheating · corruption · illegal · hijacking · fraudulent activity · vote buying · double voting · Watergate scandal · election night · box
stuff the ballot boxelection monitoring
Scrutinizing voting for irregularities
electoral integrity · election integrity · certified results · election transparency · paper trail
stuff the ballot boxvoter suppression
Tactics discouraging ballot access
disenfranchisement · poll tax · voter ID laws · gerrymandering
stuff the ballot boxconsent of the governed
Rulers need citizen approval
representative democracy · self-determination · enfranchisement · civic participation
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