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voting machine

American  

noun

  1. a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.


voting machine British  

noun

  1. (esp in the US) a machine at a polling station that voters operate to register their votes and that mechanically or electronically counts all votes cast

"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 voting machine

First recorded in 1895–1900

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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

Back in 2008, nearly six in 10 voters in California went to the polls and used a voting machine on Election Day.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 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

It followed, not unnaturally, that the constituencies held one voting machine to be as good as another, and they did not generally send any men who could have been of service in debate.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

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