voting booth
noun
chiefly US
: a small, enclosed area in which a person stands for privacy while casting a vote
Examples of voting booth in a Sentence
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Darling Allen told her to submit her questions in writing, then showed her to a voting booth to cast her ballot.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
Our work has spurred reform through legislation, at the voting booth and inside our nation’s most important institutions.
—John Harwood, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2023
But alone in the voting booth, many Ohioans will be reviewing the amendment language for the first time—and likely not thinking to look around for alternative phrasing on a poster.
—Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
Outside the voting booth: Brenda Cain visited with workers at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, who are helping people early vote, ahead of the Issue 1 Aug. 8 special election.
—cleveland, 26 July 2023
Storytelling is incredibly important to move people enough to translate people to new behaviors in the voting booth and as consumers.
—Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
Remembering where the world, and our respective governments, fell short during this crisis is a valuable directive to carry with you to the voting booth.
—Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2023
So keeping the hope is about taking those actions, demanding those changes, acting accordingly in the voting booth.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
The response underscores the depth of Trump’s continued influence over his party and the power of the former president’s base over those who might want to beat him in the voting booth.
—Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
Our work has spurred reform through legislation, at the voting booth and inside our nation’s most important institutions.
—John Harwood, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2023
But alone in the voting booth, many Ohioans will be reviewing the amendment language for the first time—and likely not thinking to look around for alternative phrasing on a poster.
—Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
Outside the voting booth: Brenda Cain visited with workers at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, who are helping people early vote, ahead of the Issue 1 Aug. 8 special election.
—cleveland, 26 July 2023
Storytelling is incredibly important to move people enough to translate people to new behaviors in the voting booth and as consumers.
—Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
Remembering where the world, and our respective governments, fell short during this crisis is a valuable directive to carry with you to the voting booth.
—Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2023
So keeping the hope is about taking those actions, demanding those changes, acting accordingly in the voting booth.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
The response underscores the depth of Trump’s continued influence over his party and the power of the former president’s base over those who might want to beat him in the voting booth.
—Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
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“Voting booth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voting%20booth. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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