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Answer for the clue "Ballot-box bungle ", 8 letters:
miscount
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Word definitions for miscount in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Miscount \Mis*count"\, v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. mesconter, F. m['e]compter. Cf. Miscompute .] To count erroneously.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from mis- (1) + count (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To incorrectly count or add up
Usage examples of miscount.
She wanted to be mistaken, to have misplaced, miscounted the essentially interchangeable stock, but knew at once that no amount of wishful thinking, checking, rechecking the shelves, could erase the stubborn fact of loss gaping up at her from the mockingly vacant slots of the gem trays.
You do not arrive at the polling booth to find men with revolvers telling you which way to vote, nor are the votes miscounted, nor is there any direct bribery.
I could only think he had miscounted, or in his fever to join my enterprise was ready to take a loss.
She wanted to be mistaken, to have misplaced, miscounted the essentially interchangeable stock, but knew at once that no amount of wishful thinking, checking, rechecking the shelves, could erase the stubborn fact of loss gaping up at her from the mockingly vacant slots of the gem trays.
But then I started wondering whether we're still miscounting, And you know what?
In the first instance, to borrow from Flannery, it is like miscounting by a dollar when counting to a thousand.
You can't change the weather by fiddling with the thermometer, and you can't prevent a revolution by miscounting, or not counting at all, the votes of the majority.
They'll do everything from stuffing ballot boxes to miscounting our votes.