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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Vote early, vote often."''
|'''Richard J. Daley''', former mayor of [[The Windy City|Chicago]]}}
Ballot stuffing.
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Of course, some degree of this happens for ''every'' election in a large enough city or state. The question is whether it's widespread enough to truly influence the results of the election. Still, expect the losing side to cry foul play even in relatively clean elections. (This trope occurs frequently as an example of [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]], when the winning side does it even when they would have won anyway.)
Not to be confused with making a point of voting even in lower-turnout elections, such as primary, midterm, and local races. Though this is [[Truth in Television]], please keep [[Ban on Politics|any political examples]] from the last
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Gangs of New York]]''.
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'''Boss Tweed:''' Only three? Make it twenty, thirty. We don't need a victory. We need a Roman triumph. }}
* ''[[Miller's Crossing]]''.
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'''Tom:''' I ought to, I voted for him six times last November.
'''Mayor:''' And that's not even the record. }}
* ''[[Election]]'' {{spoiler|1=does this in reverse. While counting ballots, Mr. McAllister throws two votes for Tracy in the garbage in order to deny her the victory.}}
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* When the Dark Lord decides he wants to win by election in ''[[Grunts!]]'', General Ashnak and his orc marines decide to help matters along a bit, just in case the Supreme Power Of Evil can't win over the population with his speeches.
== [[Live
* In ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', Salem mentions that he helped [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] get elected:
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* In one episode of ''[[Blackadder]] the Third'', Blackadder filled in for the single voter of a rotten borough and apparently placed several thousand votes for Baldrick.
** In the same episode he sarcastically comments on the system that allows this to happen: "Manchester. Population: 60,000. Electoral roll: 3"
* Happens in ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* [[Played for Laughs]] in a ''[[Family Ties]]'' episode when a girl reveals her crush on Alex by telling him that when he ran for student council president, "I voted for you. Three hundred times. Sorry you didn't win." Later, his best friend Skippy makes the [[Running Gag|exact same confession]].
* Played with in a ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' episode. They select the name of someone out of a hat to decide who has to do an unenviable task. It turns out everyone puts in [[Butt Monkey|Jerry]]'s name rather than their own.
* This is a common accusation levied towards [[Reality Show]] [[Game Show|game shows]] that rely on audience voting.
** ''[[American Idol]]'' is one of the most common targets of this in the US, especially due to the fact that people are allowed to vote as many times as they want. A number of people have employed "robo-calls" and "power-texting" to make thousands of
* In 2006, [[The Colbert Report|Stephen Colbert]] reported that Hungary was holding an online naming poll for a new bridge, for which the then-leading entry was the "Chuck Norris bridge". He then proceeded to suggest that his fans should stuff the ballot box with "Stephen Colbert bridge". [[Hilarity Ensued]] when it [[Gone Horribly Right|Went Horribly Right]] and "Stephen Colbert bridge" won with over 17 million votes - about 7 million more than the entire population of Hungary.
** He tried again when NASA announced that it would put a particular name on a capsule intended for the International Space Station based on the number of votes. "Colbert" won in a landslide, but was denied victory. Instead, NASA shipped up a new piece of equipment, which has the acronym C.O.L.B.E.R.T. Stephen was mollified.
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* Inverted in ''[[Skins]]'' - Harriet and Doug only count the class president votes for Naomi and Crispin, knowing Cook received the most and not wanting him to win. However, Naomi secretly witnessed the decision, and when they declare her "the winner," she pulls Cook's ballots out of Harriet's bra in her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* Mentioned in ''[[Catching Trouble]]'' when it appeared on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'':
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'''Tom Servo:''' For voting twice? }}
* In ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' the standard version is averted since the citizens of Harlan County are savvy enough that you cannot steal an election by stuffing the ballot box. Instead the candidates have to resort to other dirty tricks like bribing voters with alcohol and sexual favors, rigging debates by bribing the moderator and having the opposition disqualified by framing them for car bombings, drug dealing and nepotism.
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* Standard for elections in ''[[The Wizard of Id]]''.
* Dogbert in a ''[[Dilbert]]'' comic:
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* The election night newsreel in ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'' shows John P. Wintergreen casting multiple ballots for himself. When he needs only four more votes to win, he casts all of them. No wonder his defeated opponent charges him with voter fraud in 7 states.
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* ''[[Prickly City]]'' disdains this. The dead voted for Kevin, but only once. It's not Chicago after all.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' where Sideshow Bob wins the mayoral election through votes cast by those in the cemetery, including the pet cemetery. Finding Snowball I's vote for Bob prompts Lisa to say that this time, [[It's Personal]].
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* Eddy in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' tries it when he runs for "king of the cul-de-sac", but Edd anticipated that and replaces the real ballot box with a fake one.
* An episode of [[
* Suspected vote tampering becomes motive for revenge in [[Non-Serial Movie]] "Wrath of the Spider Queen" for ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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