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as in votes
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 suffrages
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 ballots
Republicans received Democrat ballots and Democrats received Republican ballots.
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Bryant Reed,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Or the power to shape what voters see and hear before casting their ballots?
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Matt Martin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Two years ago, Republican state lawmakers responded to pressure by activists by setting a July 1 deadline to do away with counting ballots using QR codes.
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Caleb Groves,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
The measure, which would have authorized the 498-acre, 1,800-home Village Farms development on the northern edge of Davis, trailed by 238 votes in Tuesday’s election update with more than 99% of ballots counted.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Rini Sampath and Gary Goodweather both have 3% of the votes, with 113,838 ballots having been counted.
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Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Separately, towns across Ohio, Wisconsin, Maryland, Nevada and California have put questions related to data centers on their local ballots.
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Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Over 30,000 ballots were sent to voters on Election Day.
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Jenny Goldsberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Mar. 2025
The bond needs a simple majority vote to pass, and ballots are due April 1.
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Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2025
Bryant Reed,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Or the power to shape what voters see and hear before casting their ballots?
—
Matt Martin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Two years ago, Republican state lawmakers responded to pressure by activists by setting a July 1 deadline to do away with counting ballots using QR codes.
—
Caleb Groves,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
The measure, which would have authorized the 498-acre, 1,800-home Village Farms development on the northern edge of Davis, trailed by 238 votes in Tuesday’s election update with more than 99% of ballots counted.
—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Rini Sampath and Gary Goodweather both have 3% of the votes, with 113,838 ballots having been counted.
—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Separately, towns across Ohio, Wisconsin, Maryland, Nevada and California have put questions related to data centers on their local ballots.
—
Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Over 30,000 ballots were sent to voters on Election Day.
—
Jenny Goldsberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Mar. 2025
The bond needs a simple majority vote to pass, and ballots are due April 1.
—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballots
votes
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In the early hours of Friday morning, with all votes counted, that risk paid off.
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Conservative Keiko Fujimori leads progressive Roberto Sánchez as votes are slowly counted from Peru’s presidential runoff election.
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“Ballots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballots. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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