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as in vote
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election
we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president
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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot
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Recent Examples of ballot
No grant could be obtained until a candidate had earned a spot on a primary or general-election ballot at a nominating convention in May.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
But this session will be Polis’ last, and union groups — who have shelved plans to launch a pro-worker ballot campaign — are now starting to eye the governor’s would-be replacements.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Stacey Abrams won’t be on the Georgia ballot in 2026.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The Billionaire Tax Act, which could be added to the state’s general election ballot in November, would impose a one-time tax of 5% on the total wealth of California tax residents whose net worth is $1 billion or more.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
But this session will be Polis’ last, and union groups — who have shelved plans to launch a pro-worker ballot campaign — are now starting to eye the governor’s would-be replacements.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Stacey Abrams won’t be on the Georgia ballot in 2026.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The Billionaire Tax Act, which could be added to the state’s general election ballot in November, would impose a one-time tax of 5% on the total wealth of California tax residents whose net worth is $1 billion or more.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
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Commissioners appoint James Reyes city manager In a separate 4-1 vote, commissioners selected James Reyes as Miami's new city manager.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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By an 11-1 vote, a Miami-Dade County jury originally sentenced him to death, but that sentence was overturned in 2017 after a new state law ruled it unconstitutional for a death sentence to be imposed without a unanimous jury verdict, according to the court records.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Decades of fighting for women’s suffrage in the United States found success in 1920, which kicked off a decade of some relaxation of the restrictions on women.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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From the Revolution to the suffrage movement to the campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment and beyond, advocates have worked to wedge women’s lives into the laws of the land.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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