polling place

noun

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

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The changes addressed by Section 5 included redistricting, voter ID laws, and polling place relocations. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025 Voting officials demanded that Futrell leave the polling place, but that only fired the man up even more. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Voters at other locations will be redirected to another polling place nearby. Max Rego, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2025 The city condemned the building and officials made an emergency polling place change. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 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 31 Dec. 2025.

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