ballot box
Americannoun
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a receptacle for voters' ballots.
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a system or instance of voting by ballot.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ballot box
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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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
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
They ran on these values, trusting unions and activists to back them at the ballot box.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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
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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