multiple voting

American  

noun

1. the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.

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multiple voting British  

noun

1. the practice of voting in more than one constituency in the same election

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Etymology

Origin of multiple voting

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The party’s convention will be “unassembled,” meaning GOP officials plan to offer multiple voting sites around the state where convention delegates who pre-register as such can cast ballots.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2021

Election officials in Maricopa County, the state’s most populous, said multiple voting locations remained open as required by state law after they were set to close at 7 p.m. because people were still in line.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2020

The city had multiple voting locations until 2002, when the Americans With Disabilities Act created new strict requirements for accessibility at polling sites.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2018

A subsidiary of Safran, a French firm best known for aerospace technology, has delivered 45,000 tablets to check biometric voter identification at the 40,833 polling stations and to prevent multiple voting.

From Economist • Jul. 20, 2017

Some voters lined up for more than an hour at schools and other polling places, showing off fingers marked with ink to prevent multiple voting after they had finished.

From Time • May 6, 2013