subs. phr. (American).—Tampering with election returns: ‘a box is constructed with false bottom and compartments so as to permit spurious ballots to be introduced by the teller in charge. The most outrageous frauds have been committed by this means’ [BARTLETT].
1876. New York Tribune, Oct. [BARTLETT]. Detectives sent on to look after the Democratic roughs and BALLOT-BOX STUFFERS. Ibid., 7 Nov. Several experts at BALLOT-BOX STUFFING were spotted here to-day.
