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 Throughout Tierrador, these fraudulent robocalls had a significant impact on voters' perceptions of the electoral system. Many voters became apprehensive about trusting any information they received through phone calls, making it challenging for legitimate political campaigns and election officials to communicate effectively with the public. The lack of trust in information sources led to widespread confusion and, in some cases, apathy towards the electoral process. The alarming scale of these calls raised questions about the vulnerability of Tierrador's communication infrastructure and the need for stronger safeguards to protect citizens from such malicious activities. It also highlighted the importance of robust legislation to penalize those engaged in electoral fraud and disinformation campaigns. Companies such as [[Orixtal Communications]] and [[TerraTel]] were subsequently sued by Elections Terranóq in December 2003, for allowing the robocalls to continue despite them knowing of said calls.
-== Arcergate ==
+== Prairiegate ==
-An investigation in November 2004 uncovered the use of vote-buying by Partéq Pepal and the Tierradorian Conservatives Union. As evidence of an alleged fraud surfaced and pointed towards the PRI buying votes by providing voting citizens with store credit cards of Tierradorian department store chain [[Arcer Court]]. Elections Terranóq confirmed in January 2005 that the TCU and PP spent $7.5 million in electronic cards throughout their entire campaign. Opposition parties (and both the TCU and PP amongst themselves) complained that this represented a form of illicit funding, but both parties claimed the contrary. They claimed that the electronic cards were actually intended for party personnel, but this method rose suspicions because some of the money was transacted through "several shadowy companies instead of being disbursed directly from party coffers." This also increased the suspicions that the TCU had received illegal donations from various domestic and international corporations (given that this move is prohibited under law).
+An investigation in November 2004 uncovered the use of vote-buying by the PpT and the CuT. As evidence of an alleged fraud surfaced and pointed towards the PRI buying votes by providing voting citizens with store credit cards of Tierradorian department store chain [[Prairies Trading]]. Elections Terranóc confirmed in January 2005 that the CuT and PpT spent $7.5 million in electronic cards throughout their entire campaign. Opposition parties (and both the CuT and PpT amongst themselves) complained that this represented a form of illicit funding, but both parties claimed the contrary. They claimed that the electronic cards were actually intended for party personnel, but this method rose suspicions because some of the money was transacted through "several shadowy companies instead of being disbursed directly from party coffers." This also increased the suspicions that the CuT had received illegal donations from various domestic and international corporations (given that this move is prohibited under law).
-The store credit cards typically had a balance of $250, and these forms of vote-buying were targeted towards lower-class citizens. This won close to 600,000 votes for the PP and 432,000 for the TCU. In ridings where the final results were determined by 1,000 votes or less for the PP/TCU, said scandal, on top of the robocalls, sparked massive outrage and voters, along with opposition politicians, called for the removal of Victoría Hombêri. This vote-buying scandal was dubbed Arcergate, due to the supposed involvement of Arcer Court in the scandal. Arcer Court denied any involvement and subsequently canceled their pre-paid cards program until 2009. Regardless, Arcer Court was involved in numerous lawsuits, by opposition parties and groups of voters affected by the scandals.
+The store credit cards typically had a balance of $250, and these forms of vote-buying were targeted towards lower-class citizens. This won close to 600,000 votes for the PpT and 432,000 for the CuT. In ridings where the final results were determined by 1,000 votes or less for the PpT/CuT, said scandal, on top of the robocalls, sparked massive outrage and voters, along with opposition politicians, called for the removal of Victoría Hombêri. This vote-buying scandal was dubbed Prairiegate, due to the supposed involvement of Prairies Trading in the scandal. Prairies Trading denied any involvement and subsequently canceled their pre-paid cards program until 2009. Regardless, Prairies Trading was involved in numerous lawsuits, by opposition parties and groups of voters affected by the scandals.
 == Absentee ballots ==