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telegraph [< Cdn F télégrapher] Que., Slang 
v. vote more than once in an election by impersonating other voters, usually ones who are dead, sick, late, or away from home.
See also: telegraphed telegrapher telegraphing
- 1962 A Montreal M.P. tells of being approached recently by a man who offered to telegraph votes for him "I voted against you seven times in the last election . . . let me even it up this time."
- 1962 A Montreal M.P. tells of being approached recently by a man who offered to telegraph votes for him "I voted against you seven times in the last election . . . let me even it up this time."