voting booth

noun

chiefly US
: a small, enclosed area in which a person stands for privacy while casting a vote

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That might have been what late deciders were carrying with them into the voting booth. Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024 Specifically, they are allowed to have a helper of their choice assist them in the voting booth. Eugene R. Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024 This could persuade voters who support fair districts to vote against the amendment; there have already been anecdotal reports of voters intending to vote for Issue 1 but getting confused by the ballot language in the voting booth and voting against it instead. Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024 While Florida has some of the strictest laws in the country against people convicted of felonies voting, Trump’s hush money conviction did not disqualify him from the voting booth. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for voting booth 

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“Voting booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voting%20booth. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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