polling booth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of polling booth
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Under the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023, it is an offence to be in a polling booth with another person in order to influence that person to vote in a particular way.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
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
These volunteers distribute messages further down the chain, and it eventually reaches those managing the campaign for each 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
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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