So the mayor allows the Corporation to put up all its office blocks, which provides him with the money to fulfil his electoral promises of more social housing and accommodation for key workers.

ECONOMIST: Local government

But the most significant type of electoral misdemeanor has been physical stuffing of ballots and false recording of results by temporary election workers.

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That looks rash as well as unfair: in America, the workers who would be thus left to their own devices fall disproportionately in swing electoral states such as Michigan, Ohio and Florida.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood