VOTING
show of hands
a vote expressed by people raising their hands.We were asked to vote for the candidates for captain by a show of hands.Jack wanted us to vote on paper, not by a show of hands, so that we could have a secret ballot.
stuff the ballot box
to put fraudulent ballots into a ballot box; to cheat in counting the votes in an election.The election judge was caught stuffing the ballot box in the election yesterday.Election officials are supposed to guard against stuffing the ballot box.