booth capturing n. the act of seizing and controlling a polling station so that many fraudulent votes may be cast there. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
booth capturing n. the act of seizing and controlling a polling station so that many fraudulent votes may be cast there. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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