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

MontPIRG claims the change to Montana's residency rule could force thousands of students to lose the ability to have a say at the ballot box about how their communities are run. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Teachers are frustrated by the state of public schools in Texas and want to make their point at the ballot box, Poole said. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

But that won’t happen until it is given a painful lesson at the ballot box. — Andrew Koppelman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Votes are tallied quickly because each ballot box calculates results locally and prints a paper summary. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 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