Notable instances of ballot box stuffing

This is a partial list of well-documented instances of ballot stuffing.

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• In the 1883 election for the district of Cook, in Queensland, Australia, arrests were made in connection with accusations of ballot stuffing, and the election committee subsequently changed the result of the election.
• The Major League Baseball All-Star Game has suffered from ballot stuffing more than once.
  • In 1957, Cincinnati Reds fans arranged for seven of the eight elected starting fielders to be Reds players.
  • In 1999, the online ballot was stuffed in favor of Nomar Garciaparra.
  • In 2015, Major League Baseball annulled 65 million (out of a total of 620 million) online ballots.
• In March 2016, the the Natural Environment Research Council solicited input from the public on the name of a new research vessel, subsequently named the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The most popular name in the online poll, however, was “Boaty McBoatface”, with 124,000 votes.^[1]
• In 1998, People magazine ran an online poll in which the public was allowed to submit write-in candidates for a list of “The 50 Most Beautiful People”. The runaway winner, with 230,169 votes, was Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a radio personality.

References

1. Olivennes, Hannah (May 6, 2016). "Boaty McBoatface to Bear David Attenborough’s Name, and the Web Pouts". The New York Times. … the Science Ministry in Britain chose to disregard the opinion of the 124,000 people who voted for … Boaty McBoatface.