polling booth

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noun

a booth in which voters cast their votes.

Origin of polling booth

First recorded in 1850–55

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Examples from the Web for polling booth

But she was like another woman to him when he appeared before her on his way to the polling-booth.
Margaret Ogilvy|J. M. Barrie
Instead of the polling-booth, where nothing counts but heads, you would set for the two parties another trysting place.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Thomas Brogan dare not leave the polling-booth for his life, until Mr. Carew took him on his car.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
His landlord will not be able to drive him to the polling-booth like a sheep.
Freehold Land Societies|J. Ewing Ritchie

They would drive the Presbyterians from the bench and the polling-booth as the Presbyterians had driven them.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)|John Richard Green

British Dictionary definitions for polling booth

polling booth

noun

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

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polling booth

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polling booth

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