stuff the ballot box

Meaning: (idiomatic,politics)To commitfraudin anelectionby depositingextraor otherwiseillegitimateballots into the container holding the ballots of voters, in an attempt tosecurevictoryfor aparticularcandidateoroutcome.1888May 24, “Electing the Bishops”, inBaltimore American, retrieved5 April 2013, page 4: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 tostuff the ballot-box."1906September 28, “Decent Democracy Downs Dorneyism”, inThe News-Democrat, Rhode Island, USA, retrieved5 April 2013, page 3:Their simplest and most effective scheme is to create a disturbance during which they canstuff the ballot boxas they tried to last night.1976November 2, “Town Recalls ‘Decisive’ Vote”, inDaytona Beach Morning Journal, retrieved5 April 2013, page 3B:Republicans were said to havestuffed the ballot boxwith illegal votes, and the Democrats were accused of a lot of things too.2002February 27, Steven Greenhouse, “Trustee Ends His Oversight Of District 37”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 April 2013:Several council officials were convicted ofstuffing the ballot boxin 1996 to guarantee approval of a widely disliked contract.

Examples:

EN: They're gonna stuff the ballot box.
ES: Arreglarán las urnas.
EN: And... I'd like to stuff the ballot box.
ES: Y... me gustaría llenar la caja de los votos.
EN: So here's the game plan-- Mel and Dutch, you're gonna stuff the ballot box with votes for our beloved O'Bannon.
ES: Acá está el plan de juego: Mel y Dutch ustedes llenarán las urnas con votos por nuestro querido O'Bannon.
EN: Oh, well, did you stuff the ballot box yourself, or did you have your friends do it for you?
ES: Bien, ¿has rellenado las urnas electorales tú misma, o tus amigas lo han hecho por ti?
EN: We're going to stuff the ballot box!
ES: Ya sabes, vote pronto, vote a menudo.

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