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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
The case looks at whether state laws allowing the counting of mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward violate federal law.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Voters can go to any vote center in the county to cast their ballots.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
More games are on the schedule for the rest of this week, and our basketball player of the week ballots are up.
—Jacob Rousseau, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
The hub houses all of Fulton County’s election data and equipment, and on Wednesday night, Commissioner Robb Pitts said 700 boxes of 2020 election ballots were among the materials that federal agents seized.
—Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
It can also be deployed as a strategy by political groups or campaigns to ensure that voters who requested absentee or mail-in ballots turn them in, with staffers or volunteers going to voters’ homes and offering to drop off their ballots for them.
—Connor Greene, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Voters will be casting their ballots in the midterm elections in 10 months.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Perhaps the 1998 Grammys best illustrate the dilemma that faces the Recording Academy when its members turn in their ballots every year.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
If residents approve a referendum that will appear on April 7 ballots, the tax impact would be $27 per $100,000 in assessed value, according to a fact sheet posted to the city's website.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Voters can go to any vote center in the county to cast their ballots.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
More games are on the schedule for the rest of this week, and our basketball player of the week ballots are up.
—Jacob Rousseau, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
The hub houses all of Fulton County’s election data and equipment, and on Wednesday night, Commissioner Robb Pitts said 700 boxes of 2020 election ballots were among the materials that federal agents seized.
—Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
It can also be deployed as a strategy by political groups or campaigns to ensure that voters who requested absentee or mail-in ballots turn them in, with staffers or volunteers going to voters’ homes and offering to drop off their ballots for them.
—Connor Greene, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Voters will be casting their ballots in the midterm elections in 10 months.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Perhaps the 1998 Grammys best illustrate the dilemma that faces the Recording Academy when its members turn in their ballots every year.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
If residents approve a referendum that will appear on April 7 ballots, the tax impact would be $27 per $100,000 in assessed value, according to a fact sheet posted to the city's website.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballots
votes
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Board members Stephanie Love, Tamarques Porter, Sable Otey, Keith Williams, and Joyce Dorse-Coleman changed their votes to get the contract through.—
Bri Hatch,
Chalkbeat,
30 Jan. 2026
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At that particular Round Table, the comedian Ron Funches, a Faithful, ended up receiving the most votes, leaving the battle between Rinna and Underwood to continue.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Ballots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballots. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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