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

“How can we have a fair election if someone can stuff the ballot box with dogs,” Nguyen said in a statement after the measure was approved.

From Los Angeles Times

Did our friends in Canada stuff the ballot box?

From Los Angeles Times

Today, through bends in the law and sleight of hand by Democratic secretaries of state, Democrats have created a “stuff the ballot box” world where absentee and mail-in voting, universal voting, automatic voter registration, drop boxes, ballot harvesting and relaxed signature match procedures have blown open the doors to fraud.

From Washington Times

But perhaps the most essential piece of the Big Lie was the insistence that mail-in voting was a corrupt Democratic scheme to steal elections by "harvesting" ballots, meaning that someone could stuff the ballot box with illegitimate votes.

From Salon

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