SOME ELEMENTS OF ELECTION RIGGING
- Vote buying
- Ballot box snatching
- Ballot stuffing
- Falsification of results
- Manipulation of voter registers
- Multiple voting
- Underage voting
- Intimidation of voters
- Violence at polling units
- Thuggery and political violence
- Destruction of election materials
- Hijacking of result sheets
- Fake accreditation of voters
- Suppression of opposition strongholds
- Deployment of security agencies for intimidation
- Bribery of electoral officials
- Tampering with electronic transmission systems
- Deliberate delay of election materials
- Disenfranchisement of voters
- Illegal thumb-printing of ballot papers
- Use of ghost voters
- Forging of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)
- Manipulation during collation of results
- Announcement of false results
- Court manipulation and judicial interference
- Cyber manipulation of election databases
- Media propaganda and misinformation
- Vote cancellation in opposition areas
- Buying of party agents
- Prevention of observers from monitoring elections
- Changing polling unit figures
- Destruction or disappearance of BVAS devices
- Manipulation of party primaries
- Ethnic and religious incitement
- Voter suppression tactics
- Fake election officials
- Coercion of electoral officers
- Inflation of turnout figures
- Importation of non-resident voters
- Deliberate network disruption during result upload
- Tampering with collation centers
- Use of state resources for partisan advantage
- Harassment of journalists covering elections
- Arrest or detention of opposition members before elections
- Manipulated constituency delimitation (gerrymandering)
- Distribution of food and gifts for votes
- Manipulation of security presence at polling units
- Selective cancellation of polling unit results
- Delayed announcement of results
- Illegal possession of ballot papers and boxes