Definition
To commit fraud in an election by depositing extra or otherwise illegitimate ballots into the container holding the ballots of voters, in an attempt to secure victory for a particular candidate or outcome.
In Context
- "Two fruitless ballots were taken, when the chairman of the board of tellers, stepping to the platform, said: "I find that attempts have been made to stuff the ballot-box.""
- "Their simplest and most effective scheme is to create a disturbance during which they can stuff the ballot box as they tried to last night."
- "Republicans were said to have stuffed the ballot box with illegal votes, and the Democrats were accused of a lot of things too."
- "Several council officials were convicted of stuffing the ballot box in 1996 to guarantee approval of a widely disliked contract."