Election interference
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Election interference generally refers to efforts to change the outcome of an election, especially by illegitimate means. Kinds of election interference may include:
- Electoral fraud, illegal interference with the process of an election
- Vote buying, when a political party or candidate distributes money to a voter with the expectation that they will vote for them
- Voter impersonation, when an eligible voter votes more than once or a non-eligible voter votes under the name of an eligible one
- Foreign electoral intervention, attempts by governments to influence elections in another country:[1]
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections
- Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections
- Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
- American interference in 81 elections in at least 19 different countries between 1946-2000.[2][3][4]
- Illegal electioneering, such as campaigning or wearing political apparel too close to a polling place[5][6]
- Recruiting candidates with identical or similar names to an existing one, intended to confuse voters[7]
- Where prohibited, the use of public funds to persuade voters to vote in a certain way[8][9][10]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of foreign electoral interventions
- Artificial intelligence and elections – Impact of AI on political elections
- Election audit, a review conducted to determine whether votes were counted accurately or whether proper procedures were followed
- Election security, the protection of elections and voting infrastructure from cyberattack or cyber threat
- Election subversion, changing the result of a legitimate election outcome[11]
- Lawfare
References
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