board of elections
Americannoun
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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
The state board of elections removed the case to federal court the next day.
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
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
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