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* In ''{{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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* This is surprisingly averted in ''BoardwalkEmpire'' where the corrupt politician and gangster Nucky Thompson is genuinely worried that his candidates will lose the election. Apparently fixing the election is not something he can get away with.
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* This is surprisingly averted in In ''BoardwalkEmpire'' where the corrupt politician and gangster Nucky Thompson is genuinely worried that his candidates will lose the election. Apparently fixing election despite engaging in all the usual dirty tricks. He is not powerful enough to outright steal the election and the opposition is not something he can doing its own ballot stuffing. In season 2 his enemies use this to get away with. him indicted for voter fraud and he faces jail time.
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* ''TheSimpsons'' 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 a BigNo SkywardScream from Lisa.
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* ''TheSimpsons'' 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 a BigNo SkywardScream from Lisa.Lisa to say that this time, ItsPersonal.
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* Mentioned in ''AnAmericanTail'' where the drunken Irish (mouse) Mayor of New York City attends the funeral of another mouse and notes that he was too young to vote, "But he'll vote from now on" and puts his name in a book of "ghost voters".
** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.
** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.
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* Suspected vote tampering becomes motive for revenge in NonSerialMovie "Wrath of the Spider Queen" for TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy.
* Mentioned in ''AnAmericanTail'' where the drunken Irish (mouse) Mayor of New York City attends the funeral of another mouse and notes that he was too young to vote, "But he'll vote from now on" and puts his name in a book of "ghost voters".
** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.
* Mentioned in ''AnAmericanTail'' where the drunken Irish (mouse) Mayor of New York City attends the funeral of another mouse and notes that he was too young to vote, "But he'll vote from now on" and puts his name in a book of "ghost voters".
** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.
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* Mentioned in ''AnAmericanTail'' where the drunken Irish (mouse) Mayor of New York City attends the funeral of another mouse and notes that he was too young to vote, "But he'll vote from now on" and puts his name in a book of "ghost voters".
** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''.
* Mentioned in ''AnAmericanTail'' where the drunken Irish (mouse) Mayor of New York City attends the funeral of another mouse and notes that he was too young to vote, "But he'll vote from now on" and puts his name in a book of "ghost voters".
** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.
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* ''TheSimpsons'' where Sideshow Bob wins the mayoral election through votes cast by those in the cemetery, including the pet cemetery.
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** Finding Snowball I's vote for Bob prompts a BigNo SkywardScream from Lisa.
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* ''TheSimpsons'' where Sideshow Bob wins the mayoral election through votes cast by those in the cemetery, including the pet cemetery.
**cemetery. Finding Snowball I's vote for Bob prompts a BigNo SkywardScream from Lisa.
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** 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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* Homeless drifter Puggy is recruited for this in BigTrouble 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, [[OnlyInMiami all this happens in Miami]], and political corruption is a major part of the book.
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** Finding Snowball I's vote for Bob prompts a BigNo SkywardScream from Lisa.
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** Considering that said mouse ("[[BlatantLies Honest]]" John) was a pretty obvious reference to the Tammany Hall political machine, it makes perfect sense.
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* Mentioned in ''CatchingTrouble'' when it appeared on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
-->'''Narrator:''' Don't you know you're wanted in Chicago?
-->'''Tom Servo:''' For voting twice?
-->'''Narrator:''' Don't you know you're wanted in Chicago?
-->'''Tom Servo:''' For voting twice?
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* In ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Salem mentions that he helped [[RichardNixon Nixon]] get elected:
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* Happens in ''BattlestarGalactica'' when the fleet elects a new president.
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* Happens in ''BattlestarGalactica'' ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' when the fleet elects a new president.
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* ''PricklyCity'' disdains this. The dead voted for Kevin, but only once. It's not Chicago after all.
* ''PricklyCity'' disdains this. The dead voted for Kevin, but only once. It's not Chicago after all.
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* ''HopeWasHere'': 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.]]
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* Subverted in a ''ParksAndRecreation'' 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 [[ButtMonkey Jerry]]'s name rather than their own.
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* Subverted Played with in a ''ParksAndRecreation'' 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 [[ButtMonkey Jerry]]'s name rather than their own.
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* Inverted Subverted in a ''ParksAndRecreation'' 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 [[ButtMonkey Jerry]]'s name rather than their own.
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* In ''{{Skins}}'', this is done in reverse - 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 CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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* In ''{{Skins}}'', this is done Inverted in reverse ''{{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 CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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* In ''{{Skins}}'', this is done in reverse - 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 the votes Cook's ballots out of Harriet's bra in her CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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* In ''{{Skins}}'', this is done in reverse - 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 was there to witness them stuffing Cook's votes into Harriet's bra, secretly witnessed the decision, and when they declare her "the winner," Naomi reveals she pulls the deception votes out of Harriet's bra in her CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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* In ''{{Skins}}'', this is done in reverse - 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 was there to witness them stuffing Cook's votes into Harriet's bra, and when they declare her "the winner," Naomi reveals the deception in her CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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* This is surprisingly averted in ''BoardwalkEmpire'' where the corrupt politician and gangster Nucky Thompson is genuinely worried that his candidates will lose the election. Apparently fixing the election is not something he can get away with.
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* In 2006, [[TheColbertReport 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". HilarityEnsued when it [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]] and "Stephen Colbert bridge" won with over 17 million votes - about 7 million more than the entire population of Hungary.
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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 DickDastardlyStopsToCheat, when the ''winning'' side does it even though they don't have to.)
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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 DickDastardlyStopsToCheat, when the ''winning'' winning side does it even though when they don't would have to.won anyway.)
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elections. (This trope occurs frequently as an example of DickDastardlyStopsToCheat, when the ''winning'' side does it even though they don't have to.)
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* Eddy in ''EdEddNEddy'' tries it when he runs for "king of the cul-de-sac", but Edd anticipated that and put a dummy ballot box.
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* ''{{Election}}'' [[spoiler: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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* ''MillersCrossing''.
-->'''Leo:''' You know O'Doul and the Mayor, right?
-->'''Tom:''' I ought to, I voted for him six times last November.
-->'''Mayor:''' And that's not even the record.
-->'''Leo:''' You know O'Doul and the Mayor, right?
-->'''Tom:''' I ought to, I voted for him six times last November.
-->'''Mayor:''' And that's not even the record.
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* In ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Salem mentions that he helped Nixon get elected: "A lot of dead people voted that year. Twice!"
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-->'''Salem:''' "A lot of dead people voted that year. Twice!"
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* This is a common accusation levied towards {{reality|Show}} {{game show}}s that rely on audience voting.
** ''AmericanIdol'' 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 votes -- completely legal under ''AI'' rules, and often balanced out by different robo-callers voting for different contestants. What pushes the show into this trope, however, is a series of controversies over the fairness of the voting, most notably an incident in the season 8 finale involving AT&T (one of ''AI'''s sponsors) that may have cost AdamLambert the victory. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Idol_controversies here]] for more.
** ''AmericanIdol'' 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 votes -- completely legal under ''AI'' rules, and often balanced out by different robo-callers voting for different contestants. What pushes the show into this trope, however, is a series of controversies over the fairness of the voting, most notably an incident in the season 8 finale involving AT&T (one of ''AI'''s sponsors) that may have cost AdamLambert the victory. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Idol_controversies here]] for more.
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