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
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Certainly, Natthaphong knows that the electoral landscape has completely transformed in the two short years since his 70 million-strong nation last went to the ballot box.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
For the past eight years, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has been a popular and well-regarded politician – beating her opponents by wide margins one after another at the ballot box.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
The decision would have major consequences for voters in Kansas City and across Missouri, effectively stifling the ability for citizens to pass constitutional amendments at the ballot box.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
That has to change fast, or the push for a phony vision of socialism — already dominant in the schools — will soon dominate at the ballot box as well.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
For the past eight years, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has been a popular and well-regarded politician – beating her opponents by wide margins one after another at the ballot box.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
The decision would have major consequences for voters in Kansas City and across Missouri, effectively stifling the ability for citizens to pass constitutional amendments at the ballot box.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
That has to change fast, or the push for a phony vision of socialism — already dominant in the schools — will soon dominate at the ballot box as well.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Ballot box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballot%20box. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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