multiple voting

multiple voting
noun
the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.)
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Hypernyms: ↑vote, ↑ballot, ↑voting, ↑balloting

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noun
1. : voting by the same individual at the same election in various places in each of which he possesses the legal qualifications
2. : unauthorized and illegal voting by one person in two or more constituencies (as voting by floaters)

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the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
[1900-05]

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multiple voting,
voting in more than one place at the same election. This was legally possible in Great Britain before 1918.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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