polling station

noun

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

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Miami Beach code compliance officers also checked on the polling station at least six times for possible loud music and signage code adherence pertaining to Basabe, although no violations were issued, records show. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026 Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot at a polling station in Herzliya on Tuesday. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026 And if more eyes across the street from the polling station mean fewer mistakes and mishandling--in a nation in which ballot mistakes and mishandling are exceedingly rare already--then problems should be few. — Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026 Voters trickled into a hillside polling station in Wadi Nisnas, a predominantly Arab neighborhood in the northern coastal city of Haifa. — Lia Lapidot Aaron Boxerman and Lia Lapidot, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for polling station

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“Polling station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20station. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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