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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.)
Though this is [[Truth in Television]], please keep [[Ban
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{{quote| '''Killoran:''' Monk's already won by three thousand more votes than there are voters.<br />
'''Boss Tweed:''' Only three? Make it twenty, thirty. We don't need a victory. We need a Roman triumph. }}
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Leo:''' You know O'Doul and the Mayor, right?<br />
'''Tom:''' I ought to, I voted for him six times last November.<br />
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* ''[[Hope Was Here]]'': Hope works on the mayoral campaign for an underdog candidate. {{spoiler|After her candidate loses the election, Hope looks over a list of voters and spots the name of a curmudgeonly man who had loudly insisted that he never voted. When she goes to congratulate him on turning out for the election, he insists that he didn't. She turns up enough discrepancies like this to force the incumbent mayor to resign.}}
* Homeless drifter Puggy is recruited for this in [[Big Trouble]] along with a collection of other lowlifes. The are brought to the voting center(s) and told for who to vote in front of the ballot officials, who don't bat an eye. Of course, [[Only in Miami|all this happens in Miami]], and political corruption is a major part of the book.
* When the Dark Lord decides he wants to win by election in ''[[Grunts
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', Salem mentions that he helped [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] get elected:
{{quote| '''Salem:''' "A lot of dead people voted that year. Twice!"}}
* In one episode of ''[[
** 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 Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' when the fleet elects a new president.
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{{quote| '''Narrator:''' Don't you know you're wanted in Chicago?<br />
'''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.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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* ''[[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]].
{{quote| '''Bart''': Hey! Uh, he did try to kill me!}}
* 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 [[Di C]]'s ''[[Care Bears]]'' has Professor Coldheart employing this tactic to win the Mayor-for-a-Day election, promising [[Anarchy Is Chaos|"a holiday for rules"]].
* Suspected vote tampering becomes motive for revenge in [[Non-Serial Movie]] "Wrath of the Spider Queen" for ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]''.
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