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ballot stuffing

See: STUFF THE BALLOT BOX.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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stuff the ballot box

[stuff the ballot box] {v. phr.} To give more votes to a candidate in an election than there are people who actually voted for him. * /It is a crime […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[box] See: [IN A BIND] or [IN A BOX], [PENALTY BOX], [PRESS BOX], [STUFF THE BALLOT BOX], [VOICE BOX]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[vote a straight ticket] {v. phr.} To not differentiate one's ballot according to individual names and posts, but to vote for all candidates for all positions of the same party. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[vote in] {v. phr.} To elevate to the status of "Law of the Land" by special or general ballot. * /Congress has finally voted in the Brady Law that requires […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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