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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice makes a plan to stuff the ballot box. Bob gets wind of this and makes his own plan. Then Alice calls off her fraud plan, but Bob doesn't call off his until the start of just before the early-voting period -- by which time Alice has called hers back on and enlisted help from Carol to do more.

** Alice runs her nation as a dictator. Every year she has a mock election, everyone votes for the other "canidate" only for Alice to shred the votes in front of there faces.

** When Bob hears about Alice's fraud, he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns the tables]] by [[UpToEleven stuffing the ballots even more]] and/or suppressing the votes for Alice.

** Alice [[BribingYourWayToVictory pays a few dozen voters to vote for her]] instead of staying home as they would have done.

** Alice beats Bob by suppressing legitimate votes for Bob.

* '''Straight''': Alice is elected Mayor of Tropesville over Bob because Alice's campaign cast extra votes under the names of dead people or children.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice wins ''solely'' because of fake votes; she was way behind Bob in the polls and had no chance of winning legitimately.

** Alice pays off a few dozen voters to vote for her instead of staying home.
* '''Justified''': The PowersThatBe don't want Bob to win. For example, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Alice already has many connections]] in the Tropesville government, while Bob is an outsider. Or in a school election, Alice is a responsible student who the staff know will get the job done, while Bob is a slacker or troublemaker.

** When Alice unexpectedly wins the mayoral race, Bob's campaign accuses Alice's of voter fraud. However, a long investigation discovers that no such fraud occurred. Alice supporters just turned up in larger numbers than expected, or Bob supporters stayed home.
** AliceAndBob each assume that the other's campaign will rig the election. Neither campaign does.

** A lengthy investigation into voter fraud in Alice's campaign ends up concluding that no fraud occurred...only because Alice's campaign was really good at hiding the evidence. Or because the investigators are on Alice's side anyway.
** It turns out Bob's campaign was actually the one committing voter fraud, and they cast blame on Alice's campaign to divert attention from their own shady behavior.
** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Charlie]] rigs the election for Bob.

** All extra votes are under the same name, nevertheless Alice's fraud is never found out.
** Alice gives herself a million extra votes, even though Tropesville only has 5000 inhabitants. She's shocked when her fraud is found out.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice makes a plan to stuff the ballot box. Bob gets wind of this and makes his own plan. Then Alice calls off hers but Bob doesn't until two days before the election -- by which time Alice has called hers back on and encouraged Carol to join in.
* '''Averted''': The ballots are not stuffed.
* '''Enforced''': "We need Alice to win the election for the sake of the plot, but her campaign is so horrendous that [[TruthInTelevision no one in the right mind would vote for her]]. Let's have her resort to fraud."

** When Bob hears about Alice's fraud, he turns the tables by stuffing the ballots even more and/or suppressing the votes for Alice.

** Alice decides that she would rather lose the election than win fraudulently.
* '''Discussed''': "I've been falsely accused! I promise you I didn't rig anything."
* '''Conversed''': People who voted for Alice illegally laugh about it later, saying, "That was even easier than that TV show made it look."

** Alice is revealed to be a fraud. She's removed from office, and her career is ruined.

** Bob demands a recount, but even when the fake votes are eliminated, Alice still won.

* '''Justified''': The powers-that-be don't want Bob to win. For example, Alice already has many connections in the Tropesville government, while Bob is an outsider. Or in a school election, Alice is a responsible student who the staff know will get the job done, while Bob is a slacker or troublemaker.

** When Alice unexpectedly wins the mayoral race, Bob's campaign accuses Alice's of voter fraud. However, a lengthy investigation discovers that no such fraud occurred. Alice supporters just turned up in larger numbers than expected, or Bob supporters stayed home.
** AliceAndBob each assume that the other one's campaign will rig the election. Neither campaign does.

** It turns out Bob's campaign was actually the one committing voter fraud, and they cast blame on Alice's campaign as a way of diverting attention away from their own shady behaviors.
** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Charlie]] rigs the election in Bob's favor.

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** Alternatively, Alice runs a PeoplesRepublicofTyranny and keeps herself in control through ballot stuffing. [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating This is also the only way she stays in power.]]
* '''Played For Laughs''': Both Alice and Bob give themselves blatantly fraudulent votes.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a popular candidate who aspires to be a PresidentEvil. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Alice stuffs the ballots to keep him out of office]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is revealed to be a fraud. She's removed from office, and her career is ruined.

* '''Parodied''': All extra votes are under the same name, nevertheless Alice's fraud is never found out.

* '''Exploited''': When Bob hears about Alice's fraud, he turns the tables by stuffing the ballots even more and/or suppressing the votes for Alice.

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* '''Enforced''': "We need Alice to win the election for the sake of the plot, but her campaign is so horrendous that no one in the right mind would vote for her. Let's have her resort to fraud."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Yes, I rigged the election so I'd win."

* '''Downplayed''': Bob demands a recount, but even when fake votes are eliminated Alice still won.

* '''Subverted''': When Alice unexpectedly wins the mayoral race, Bob's campaign accuses Alice's of voter fraud. However, a lengthy investigation discovers that no such fraud occurred. Alice supporters just turned up in larger numbers than expected, or Bob supporters stayed home.

** Alternately, it turns out Bob's campaign was actually the one committing voter fraud, and they cast blame on Alice's campaign as a way of diverting attention away from their own shady behaviors.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice beats Bob by suppressing legitimate votes for Bob.

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** Alternately, it turns out Bob's campaign was actually the one committing voter fraud, and they cast blame on Alice's campaign as a way of diverting attention away from their own shady behaviors.

* '''Double Subverted''': A lengthy investigation into voter fraud in Alice's campaign ends up concluding that no fraud occurred...only because Alice's campaign was really good at hiding the evidence. Or because the investigators are on Alice's side anyway.

** '''Double Subverted''': A lengthy investigation into voter fraud in Alice's campaign ends up concluding that no fraud occurred...only because Alice's campaign was really good at hiding the evidence. Or because the investigators are on Alice's side anyway.
*** Alternately, it turns out Bob's campaign was actually the one committing voter fraud, and they cast blame on Alice's campaign as a way of diverting attention away from their own shady behaviors.