polling station

noun

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

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The slow pace is due to a law that requires each ballot and each tally sheet, which summarizes the votes from each polling station, to be taken to one of more than 100 offices to be counted. ABC News, 9 June 2026 The slow counting pace is due to a law that requires each ballot and each tally sheet, which summarizes the votes from each polling station, to be taken to one of more than 100 offices to be tallied. Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 At a firehouse polling station in Woodside on Tuesday, Kristin Undhjem described the stress of being dropped by her insurer last year and scrambling to find another company willing to cover her property in the wildfire-prone Silicon Valley suburb. Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 Have the latest Reality Checks delivered to your inbox with our free newsletter. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for polling station

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“Polling station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20station. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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