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board of elections

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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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Absentee ballots are fed into machines as well, and early voting, done at the board of elections, is the same as in-person voting.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2025

He sued the state board of elections on Dec. 18 after it denied his electoral challenge last week.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

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

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

The board of elections of Cleveland had asked for this.

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

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