polling station

noun

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

Examples of polling station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Work at your polling station during the next election. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024 For Iqra Chaudhry, 20, the war in Gaza was what drove her to vote at her polling station in Ashburn. Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 France’s President Emmanuel Macron exits a polling booth, adorned with curtains displaying the colors of the flag of France, to vote in the second round of France’s legislative election at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on July 7, 2024. Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 July 2024 Following a devastating storm in Quebec in 2022, Canada extended polling station hours. Karen Florini, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2024 The ballot boxes at the polling station in Phoenix are electronic and all votes are counted digitally, said polling station president María de la Luz Reyes. Silvia Solis, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2024 A couple photograph their dog Roly outside a polling station in Sowerby, northern England, today. NBC News, 4 July 2024 At a polling station stop in Londonderry, Trump greeted cheering supporters, predicted victory and professed a lack of concern about Haley's campaign future. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024 The next morning, outside the Washington Heights Academy polling station, a group of Dominican gentlemen were arguing about the candidates. Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024

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

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