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
James SterngoldExamples of ballot box in a Sentence
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After betting on legalization, companies continue to expand in medical-only market
Legal adult-use in Florida failed at the ballot box last November, but about six months out the biggest medical companies in the market remain bullish on the Sunshine State.
—Zack Huffman, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
This time, voters have rejected the progressive fever dream at the ballot box.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Charlton’s most important victory in decades came at the ballot box, as the Valley Party claimed 11 per cent of the votes cast with 14,838 — an unprecedented performance by a single-issue party.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 June 2025
One showed a man wearing an LGBT rainbow badge pulling envelopes out of a ballot box and feeding them into a paper shredder.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 June 2025
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Zack Huffman, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
This time, voters have rejected the progressive fever dream at the ballot box.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Charlton’s most important victory in decades came at the ballot box, as the Valley Party claimed 11 per cent of the votes cast with 14,838 — an unprecedented performance by a single-issue party.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 June 2025
One showed a man wearing an LGBT rainbow badge pulling envelopes out of a ballot box and feeding them into a paper shredder.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 June 2025
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“Ballot box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballot%20box. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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