ballot

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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 After days of tense conclave ballots and years of anxious waiting for renewal, the moment had come. Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 After numerous ballots, a surprise candidate becomes the Vicar of Christ. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 May 2025 DeMaio also has launched a campaign to place a voter ID and proof of citizenship requirement on the 2026 ballot. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 The state uses mail ballots as the default voting method and is often home to some of the last tight congressional races to be called. Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballot
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  • The resolution will be brought to the entire DNC body for a final vote.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Trump had campaigned on ending taxes on Social Security benefits but that proposal would have run afoul of a special procedure Republicans are using to push through the tax law changes without any Democratic votes.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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  • Proponents of Black suffrage rights fought hard to ensure that the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship and equal protection guarantees, enshrined in its first clause, were coupled with an apportionment penalty provision, its second clause.
    Made by History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Her father was an immigration lawyer in Vancouver, which was normal enough -- but her mother was a journalist and suffrage advocate, which was much less typical (Helen MacGill would later become the first woman appointed as a judge in British Columbia).
    Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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