voting booth
noun
chiefly US
: a small, enclosed area in which a person stands for privacy while casting a vote
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Only one person at a time can occupy a voting booth, unless a voter is accompanied by a child or is eligible to receive assistance, the California Secretary of State’s Office said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
Reviewing it at home, away from the pressure of the voting booth, cam make the process more manageable.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Voter turnout in runoff elections is typically very low, and the candidate who gets their supporters to the voting booth has the advantage.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
While voters in each district will carry particular concerns into the voting booth, candidates almost universally promised to tamp down property taxes and address potential budget hits with the final wind-down of pandemic aid and cuts to federal health care subsidies.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
Reviewing it at home, away from the pressure of the voting booth, cam make the process more manageable.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Voter turnout in runoff elections is typically very low, and the candidate who gets their supporters to the voting booth has the advantage.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
While voters in each district will carry particular concerns into the voting booth, candidates almost universally promised to tamp down property taxes and address potential budget hits with the final wind-down of pandemic aid and cuts to federal health care subsidies.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Voting booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voting%20booth. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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