stuffing ballot box

stuffing ballot box
Illegal voting by inserting in the ballot box ballots marked by other than qualified and legal voters. Ex parte Siebold, 100 US 371, 25 L Ed 717, 720.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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