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вбрасывания бюллетеней в избирательные урны

English translation: ballot box stuffing

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17:00 Aug 19, 2011

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics

Russian term or phrase: вбрасывания бюллетеней в избирательные урны

At first blush this looks like "throwing ballots into the ballot boxes" but does this mean stuffing or putting extra votes in?

Article on elections:

По мнению зарубежных экспертов, в день выборов в некоторых регионах республики наблюдались систематические нарушения, в том числе имели место несколько случаев вбрасывания бюллетеней в урны, а также процедурные нарушения во время подсчета голосов.

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English translation:ballot box stuffing

Explanation:
Very popular in Russia. :-)

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The tradition in the US dates back to the middle of the 19th century:http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Ballotstuffing.jpg