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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
This means ballots mailed on the primary day of March 17 may not count for this election.
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Lauren Victory, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Now, there’s no such thing as a first-ballot Hall of Fame coach.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Political candidates from around Indiana have been redoing paperwork for this spring’s primary ballot as confusion surrounds whether the secretary of state’s office properly processed those forms.
—Tom Davies, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
So mailing your ballot may work out fine, or may not.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Lauren Victory, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Now, there’s no such thing as a first-ballot Hall of Fame coach.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
Political candidates from around Indiana have been redoing paperwork for this spring’s primary ballot as confusion surrounds whether the secretary of state’s office properly processed those forms.
—Tom Davies, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
So mailing your ballot may work out fine, or may not.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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The Senate already voted to stop tariffs on Canada and Brazil, and tariff critics are rooting for the House to quit blocking those proposals from getting a vote.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Per California law, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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The effort by the territory's Black business leaders fueled a national debate about Black suffrage, and eventually Congress outlawed any territory from denying voting rights to men on the basis of race.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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These ranged from facts about the history of women’s suffrage to the founding of Puerto Rico’s oldest punk band, La Experiencia de Toñito Cabanillas.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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