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Definition of Tasmanian dodge
: a device used to cast fraudulent ballots in an election that usually involves the theft of an unmarked ballot by one voter, its delivery to the person buying votes for marking outside the polling place, and its deposit in the ballot box by another voter who in turn steals a new ballot to continue the process
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