"ghost voter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost voters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost voter (plural ghost voters)
  1. An invented voter in an election, used as a fraudulent means to cast additional votes under assumed names.
    Sense id: en-ghost_voter-en-noun-pp3sM0eO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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