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ballot box

NOUN
polling booth
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NOUN
voting machine
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Since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, presidential transitions have occurred through the ballot box.

From BBC Aug. 18, 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

According to these survivors, though, it will also require something far more basic: going to the ballot box.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

"The Tiger can still bite you harder than he has bitten you at the ballot box," he said in reference to the feline nickname he gave himself.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

At eight o’clock on Sunday morning a wooden ballot box was set up in the square, which was watched over by the six soldiers.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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