polling station

noun

British
: a building where people go to vote in an election

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At Derby Middle School in Birmingham, Raimi saw three men with cameras who had been filming people going into and out of the polling station. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 President Biden waits in line inside a polling station in New Castle, Delaware, Oct. 28, 2024. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024 People wait in line to vote at a polling station at Greater Galilee Baptist Church on Election Day, in Charlotte, North Carolina, located within Mecklenburg County, on November 5, 2024. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 Doing so requires a voter to know about the error and take the extra step to file a provisional ballot at a polling station. Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024 The 30-second-clip, narrated by actor Julia Roberts, shows the couple arriving at a polling station wearing baseball caps featuring the American flag, a symbol often sported by Trump supporters. Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 Marion County election officials stretched hours until 10 p.m. all three nights of the concert at a downtown Indy polling station. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024 Alberto Ray, director of the Florida think-thank Risk Awareness Council, said that members of the electoral council are also likely to slow down operations at each polling station with the same aim. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 July 2024 Stimson arrived at the Precinct A polling station at 5:30 a.m., before the polls opened. Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024

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“Polling station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20station. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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