voting machine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of voting machine
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Among the artifacts on view are Chief Justice John Marshall’s spectacles, one of FDR’s fedoras, and a voting machine from Florida’s Palm Beach County used in the 2000 election.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Warren Buffett loved to quote his mentor Ben Graham, who once said External link: “In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.”
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
A New York appeals court has rejected Fox Corp.’s request to toss a $2.7 billion defamation suit from voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
Meanwhile the potential for escalating threats to affect voting was playing on the minds of several of the volunteers here, including Ms Burlingame, who dealt with the aggressive voting machine sceptic in August.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
Dishonouring thus the custom, he can grandly repudiate the contemptuous epithet of "voting machine;" so unsparingly directed against, and pitilessly fastening upon, certain ignoble legislators among ourselves.
From A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians by Mackenzie, J. B. (James Bovell)
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