Idiom
stuff the ballot box
Meaning
To commit fraud in an election by depositing extra or otherwise illegitimate ballots into the container holding the ballots of voters, in an attempt to secure victory for a particular candidate or outcome.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The corrupt politician tried to stuff the ballot box to win.”
“Election officials discovered that someone had tried to stuff the ballot box with fake votes to change the result.”
“The investigation revealed a systematic effort to stuff the ballot box, effectively undermining the democratic integrity of the entire local election.”
Examples
simple
“The corrupt politician tried to stuff the ballot box to win.”
contextual
“Election officials discovered that someone had tried to stuff the ballot box with fake votes to change the result.”
complex
“The investigation revealed a systematic effort to stuff the ballot box, effectively undermining the democratic integrity of the entire local election.”
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