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 Students at a polling station during the presidential election Friday in Vladivostok, Russia. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024 Later, the same Ukrainian official reported locals hearing a second explosion in the city, also outside a building scheduled for use as a polling station. Andrew Carey, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024 In one mock scenario, a news report highlighted a problem at a local polling station, seemingly in an attempt to keep people from voting. Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024 She was allowed to be there under new state rules giving poll watchers more room to move around the polling station. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024 Local news media reported instances of the governing party members lining up their supporters when cameras and foreign election observers reached a polling station, only for the people to disperse afterward. Saif Hasnat, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024 According to reporting in the Hindustan Times, the party set up three WhatsApp groups for every polling station in the country, each with 256 members (at that time, the maximum number of members allowed in a group). Parth M.n., WIRED, 23 Nov. 2023 Voters at a polling station during a general election in Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 14. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2023 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

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“Polling station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20station. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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