ballot box
Example Sentences
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He said the election showed that Zambia was a place of peace, law and order and a "democratic nation that settles our differences at the ballot box, and nowhere else".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
There are plenty of ways to account for this upset, from polling errors to the musical chairs at the ballot box to Hong’s failure to spend basically any money on TV ads.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
His victory marked a rare peaceful transfer of power to an opposition party through the ballot box in Africa.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Unlike Egypt or Nepal, India is an established democracy with a long tradition of power changing hands through the ballot box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Anthony slipped her papers into the ballot box.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
