faggot vote

English

Noun

faggot vote (plural faggot votes)

  1. (law) A vote by a person who is formally possessed of a right to vote for members of parliament, without possessing the substance which the vote should represent; as if he is enabled to buy a property, and at the same moment mortgage it to its full value for the mere sake of the vote.

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