electoral fraud
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelectoralandfraud
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electoral
adjective[before noun]
uk/iˈlek.tər.əl/us/iˈlek.tɚ.əl/
relating to ...
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fraud
noun
uk/frɔːd/us/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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(Definition ofelectoralandfraudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofelectoral fraud
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Because the county-unit system bred high levels ofelectoralfraud, control of party machinery was very significant. 183.
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There are of course several works where the issues ofelectoralfraudand violence have received special attention.
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Also, there were hardly any attempts atelectoralfraud, and the few that did occur were not politically organised.
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Their interest is also in the changes in the methods ofelectoralfraud, its regional specificity and the scope in which they influenced the ballots.
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And it also has a history of de facto political exclusion throughelectoralfraud, elitist political pact or assassination.
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Recent works of a revisionist nature suggest that the level ofelectoralfraudwas not as extensive as has been assumed.
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The opposition accused the government ofelectoralfraud, ballot stuffing, miscounts, and gerrymandering.
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Electoralfraudand intimidation can subvert open procedures and, if applied unevenly across contenders, can distort the vote outcome.
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Other legislators voiced the criticism of privatization raised in 1935: a private party meant that there could be no criminalization ofelectoralfraud.
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All factions engaged inelectoralfraudand neither the government nor any other political actor could determine the electoral outcome.
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The increasing assertiveness of the press emboldened independent journalists to tackle themes previously off-limits, from official corruption toelectoralfraud, further eroding the regime's declining legitimacy.
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The authors study the links between the different types ofelectoralfraud, the legal reforms that were promoted to reduce this and the political dynamics that surrounded the issue.
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Electoralfraudof course took place.
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The falsification of votes, the use of outright violence against the electors, or any other irregular electoral tactics generally classified under the heading of 'electoralfraud', were a different matter.
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Next toelectoralfraudand the denunciation of fraud, parties also displayed, as already suggested, a range of legitimate tactics to win over the favour of the electorate.
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It is plain that the provision of an accurate register of electors is the first essential in stamping outelectoralfraud.
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Moreover, suspicions ofelectoralfraudcannot be dispelled.
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So we should hardly be surprised by the mere stealing of an election through wholesaleelectoralfraud.
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Explainingelectoralfraudas the result of cultural differences seems both far-fetched and self-defeating.
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I would be the last person to delay any change in law designed to stamp outelectoralfraud, wherever it might exist.
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