单词 | vote-rigging |
释义 | > as lemmasvote-rigging vote-rigging n. the fraudulent manipulation of a vote. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > electoral corruption pipe-laying1840 vote fraud1904 ballot rigging1908 vote-rigging1909 voter fraud1936 stuffing1976 1909 Age (Melbourne) 5 Aug. 6/4 By vote-rigging, a candidate who had obtained very nearly an absolute majority of first preferences might quite easily be defeated on the second count by a candidate who had obtained only a small minority of the votes polled on the first count. 1983 Listener 20 Dec. 32/2 A 1981 BBC play about the famous ETU vote-rigging scandal of the Fifties. 2017 P. Norris in P. Norris & A. Nai Election Watchdogs i. 7 Reports about widespread electoral malpractices, fraud, and vote rigging can..undermine public confidence in voting processes. < as lemmas |
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