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

Weigel warned that such support might bode ill for pushes to reform the state tax code at the ballot box this year. —Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026

Midterm primaries have already begun in parts of the country, and Georgia voters will head to the ballot box on May 19 to kick off the election season. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

After Trump won at the ballot box, prediction markets declared victory over polling as the new, trustworthy forecasters of public opinion. —Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026

The referendum Looming over everything is the potential statewide vote to strike down the map at the ballot box in November. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ballot box

• aftershocks
• chatterbox
• equinox
• goldilocks
• hollyhocks
• interlocks
• orthodox
• paradox
• tomahawks
• balks
• blocks
• blocs