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telegraphing
[< telegraph, v.]
Que., Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1960 quote.
See: telegraph
Quotations
1960
What the red-shirted young man was telling us was how to impersonate legitimate voters--a practice known as telegraphing in Montreal politics. . . .
1963
The slips being done away with are those given to a voter by the enumerator which must be presented at the poll on election day. Their main purpose is to prevent the telegraphing of votes.