ballot box

noun

1

: a box for receiving ballots

2

: ballot sense 2a

In a republic, reform had to come about through the ballot box rather than by force.

—Mary Beth Norton et al.

see also:

stuff the ballot box

Examples of ballot box in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The party that walks away from exposing it will keep paying at the ballot box. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

When The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Leitch last month ahead of the midterms, the filmmaker remained optimistic that economic policies, both macro and micro, could still be corrected, starting at the ballot box. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

As the high cost of living became a key driver in the midterm elections, corruption has also invigorated voters at the ballot box. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026

That distinction may help explain why, as much of the country used the ballot box to apply the brakes to the data center boom, Harwood went the other way. — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ballot box

• aftershocks
• chatterbox
• chickenpox
• equinox
• firebox
• goldilocks
• hollyhocks
• interlocks
• orthodox
• paradox
• tomahawks
• balks