polling booth
Americannoun
noun
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
Using Diia, some argue, would allow people to vote quickly, cheaply and safely without having to travel to a polling booth overseas or in the trenches.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
The 2019 elections had a polling booth in a remote forest area of the Gir National Park in Gujarat for the one man living there.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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
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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