polling station

noun

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

Examples of polling station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Seeking change Voters trickled in and out of a polling station tucked away in a parking lot underneath Guatemala City’s central plaza almost imperceptibly Sunday afternoon, while the plaza bustled with families and vendors. Sandra Cuffe, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2023 Sánchez was one of the first to vote, casting his ballot in a polling station in Madrid. Ciarán Giles and Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023 But for Zerrin, a 41-year-old election monitor at a polling station in the Dolapdere neighborhood who refused to give her last name to be able to speak freely, Erdogan’s place in politics was about far more than money. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023 Here's where to find information about voter ID laws, your ballot and polling station To get more information about voting or information about all the elections, visit myvote.wi.gov/en-us. Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023 At one point, some of the units in Penny’s Bay were used to hold a university entrance exam for secondary school students who were close contacts of infected cases; at another time, the camp hosted a small election polling station. Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023 The average age at his polling station was between 50 and 70 years old. Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023 See More

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“Polling station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20station. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.

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