ballot box

Example Sentences

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For many here, the election scheduled for 12 February will be their first genuine encounter with the ballot box.

From BBC

Japan votes in snap elections Sunday with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hoping to turn a honeymoon start into a resounding ballot box victory that could rile China and rattle financial markets.

From Barron's

How does that play out at the ballot box?

From Los Angeles Times

When politicians fail to deliver, the people make their views known at the ballot box, as happened recently in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal

Through this arrangement, the legitimacy of tariffs and taxes would be based on voters’ approval – if the people weren’t happy, they could act through the ballot box.

From Salon