board of elections

American  

noun

U.S. Politics.

1. a bipartisan board appointed usually by local authorities and charged with control of elections and voting procedure.

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Example Sentences

The director of the board of elections, Sheila Ollis, picked up the phone cheerily, even though Hurricane Helene wiped out 14 out of 19 polling stations and upended much of her careful planning.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

One of the things that’s been disturbing to me is watching, for example, the Georgia state board of elections meetings.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2024

It said that residents around Yancey County, population 18,000, would have to vote instead at the county board of elections office.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Instead, any such ballot submitted to a county board of elections office after 7:30 p.m. on the day of the election - which is when polls close statewide - wouldn’t count.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

If we take the last announcement from the board of elections the suffrage amendment received 535,000 votes—2,000 more than the total vote of the nine States where women now have suffrage through a referendum.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted