voting booth
noun
chiefly US
: a small, enclosed area in which a person stands for privacy while casting a vote
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Our work has spurred reform through legislation, at the voting booth and inside our nation’s most important institutions.
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Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
As historians and journalists such as Jon Meacham, Michael Beschloss or Rachel Maddow frequently write and talk about, the greatest danger to democracy doesn’t come from attacking its forms, such as a flag, a pillared building, or a voting booth.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
After the national anthem was played, all six voters walked one-by-one into the voting booth.
—Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
The fear is that in the privacy of a voting booth, many New Hampshire Democrats could voice their doubts by selecting either Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips or motivational speaker Marianne Williamson.
—John Fund, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
In 2020, when in-person voting was less possible because of the pandemic, Kesselring made her own voting booth and started staying up late to watch the debates and election returns.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
Dixville Notch resident Deborah Tillotson, left, enters a voting booth while her husband Tom Tillotson moderates the votes in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, on Feb. 11, 2020.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024
Some Democrats deserve minimal credit for distancing themselves from the Colorado and Maine decisions striking Trump from the ballot and arguing that the right way to defeat Trump is via the voting booth, although this isn’t much of a concession.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
Darling Allen told her to submit her questions in writing, then showed her to a voting booth to cast her ballot.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
As historians and journalists such as Jon Meacham, Michael Beschloss or Rachel Maddow frequently write and talk about, the greatest danger to democracy doesn’t come from attacking its forms, such as a flag, a pillared building, or a voting booth.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
After the national anthem was played, all six voters walked one-by-one into the voting booth.
—Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
The fear is that in the privacy of a voting booth, many New Hampshire Democrats could voice their doubts by selecting either Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips or motivational speaker Marianne Williamson.
—John Fund, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
In 2020, when in-person voting was less possible because of the pandemic, Kesselring made her own voting booth and started staying up late to watch the debates and election returns.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
Dixville Notch resident Deborah Tillotson, left, enters a voting booth while her husband Tom Tillotson moderates the votes in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, on Feb. 11, 2020.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024
Some Democrats deserve minimal credit for distancing themselves from the Colorado and Maine decisions striking Trump from the ballot and arguing that the right way to defeat Trump is via the voting booth, although this isn’t much of a concession.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
Darling Allen told her to submit her questions in writing, then showed her to a voting booth to cast her ballot.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
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