Phrases
stuff the ballot box
chiefly US
: to attempt to control the outcome of an election by having multiple illegitimate votes cast in support of the desired candidate
They said the vote-rigging included stuffing ballot boxes, buying votes and absent names on the voter rolls.—
Sonia Verma
Sonia VermaBy a margin of just 277 votes (some say ballot boxes were stuffed), Brooklyn, the nation's fourth-largest city, had voted to give up its proud and independent history.—James Sterngold
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Playground In Look Away, Jacob Kushner draws a disturbing portrait of the white supremacist subculture that took hold across eastern Germany in the 1990s and now is making gains at the ballot box.
—The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
But the movement has also seen significant losses at the state level, particularly at the ballot box.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
That amendment was greenlit by the city council, signed by then-Mayor Catherine Pugh and approved by voters at the ballot box all within the span of six months.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
In the wake of [the] election, progressive women, who are outraged over Donald Trump’s victory at the ballot box, have taken to social media with public, vengeful vows of chastity.
—John Kenney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
But the movement has also seen significant losses at the state level, particularly at the ballot box.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
That amendment was greenlit by the city council, signed by then-Mayor Catherine Pugh and approved by voters at the ballot box all within the span of six months.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
In the wake of [the] election, progressive women, who are outraged over Donald Trump’s victory at the ballot box, have taken to social media with public, vengeful vows of chastity.
—John Kenney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Ballot box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballot%20box. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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