polling place

noun

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

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The city condemned the building and officials made an emergency polling place change. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025 For the most part, courts have upheld that states have the authority to ban campaign speech in the polling place but often strike down the statute involved as being too vague. Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 I'mPhaedra Trethan, fresh from my local polling place in New Jersey. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025 Head to your polling place for Election Day. Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polling place

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“Polling place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20place. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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