The phrase "alter election" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing changes or modifications to the electoral process or results.
Example: "The investigation revealed attempts to alter election outcomes through various means."
Alternatives: "modify election" or "change election".
The concern isn't so much that Russia could meaningfully alter election results, as no one believes Illinois's electoral votes will go to anyone other than Hillary Clinton.
She compared observer reports of 136 elections held between 1995 and 2006 and found that a more frequent tactic is to alter election laws, often as a means of deterring opposition candidates or gerrymandering unlosable constituencies.
Once we have the output from the model, we make two slight adjustments to the predicted lead probability on Election Day before finalizing it as a win probability: We deal with uncertainty due to (1) undecided voters in the polls and (2) unknown events that could significantly alter election outcomes.
It found that the amount of actual in-person voter fraud was so small as to not present a significant threat of altering elections.
But they say it is far from enough to fundamentally alter the election landscape.
"You could pick two or three states in two or three jurisdictions and alter an election," he said.
The archbishop called on the people of the central African country to use "all legal and peaceful" means to oppose the move to alter the election law.
"It didn't alter the election," said Michael Beschloss, the presidential historian, "but subtly helped him to be seen in a different way than had he been speaking in, say, Phoenix".
Unaware of any plans to alter the election rules yet again, voters interviewed at the Riverdale Diner in the Bronx yesterday were expressing regret, but acceptance of what then looked like reality.
The Labour-run local authority also threw out proposals to cut the number of councillors from 48 to 32 and alter the election cycle.
Won't that alter the election?
