Personation

Personation (rather than impersonation) is a primarily-legal term, meaning 'to assume the identity of another person with intent to deceive' [1]. It is often used for the kind of voter fraud where an individual votes in an election, whilst pretending to be a different elector.

Personation appears as a crime in the Canadian Criminal Code with the meaning simply of impersonation.[2]

Many jurisdictions allow electors to nominate an individual to vote on their behalf, often known as proxy voting. Whilst voting with an invalid proxy form could be considered personation, it is usual for an intent to deceive to be required for such an act to be considered criminal.

Personation is an offence in law in England and Wales: see English criminal law#Forgery, personation and cheating

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References

  1. ↑ Collins English Dictionary https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/personate. Retrieved 7 June 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Canadian Criminal Code sec. 403".


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