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polling booth

American  

noun

  1. a booth in which voters cast their votes.


polling booth British  

noun

  1. a semienclosed space in which a voter stands to mark a ballot paper during an election

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of polling booth

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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At one Yopougon polling booth, only around 20 people had voted out of around 400 registered at that station.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

For the first time, voters will receive three ballot papers - not two - when they enter a polling booth.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

But for the most part, they’re finding scant interest among those they’re trying to entice into the polling booth.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024

Outside a polling booth on Saturday, the 76-year-old said he was not opposed to the idea of the Voice - he just wanted to keep it out of the nation's founding document.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2023

On election day I went into the polling booth and drew the curtain behind me and unfolded my ballots.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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