stuff the ballot box

Idioms  

1. Put fraudulent votes in a ballot box, or otherwise cheat in an election. For example, The only way he'll win is if we stuff the ballot box. [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Event organizers said that someone tried to stuff the ballot box with fake votes in 747’s semifinal round on Sunday against 435.

From Washington Times

Peruse the #OscarsFanFavorite hashtag and you’ll find a cadre of Johnny Depp supporters casting vote after vote for his little-seen drama “Minamata,” while fans of the director Zack Snyder, fresh off their successful push to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut of his film “Justice League,” attempt to stuff the ballot box for Snyder’s so-so Netflix film “Army of the Dead.”

From New York Times

But the snubs in the rock categories, which have often been a soft place to land for longtime, brand-name guitar bands, suggest either that the Grammys are trying to slough off their elder-generation image or that there’s so little interest in the rock categories that blocs can stuff the ballot box.

From New York Times

If so, you can bet fans will stuff the ballot box with Lonzo's name, especially considering the fact the game is at the Staples Center.

From Golf Digest

They are thus open to manipulation from those who would want to stuff the ballot box.

From New York Times