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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 team got its name following a fan vote resulting in more than 850,000 ballots back in May.
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Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
And senior voters actually cast ballots.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
From a rematch in Cornelius to new leadership coming in Mint Hill and Matthews, voters across Mecklenburg County will see busy ballots this fall.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
The bill allows independent candidates for president and all candidates for statewide and legislative offices to remove their names from ballots before Election Day — a move currently barred for all reasons except death.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
All mail-in ballots must be received by the voter’s local county election office by Election Day.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
In the 2022 governor’s race, 421,007 San Diegans cast ballots.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
Voters would cast ballots for parties or candidates, and seats would be distributed proportionally.
—Duane Roberts, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
People who cast their ballots in primary elections aren't your average voter.
—Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
And senior voters actually cast ballots.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
From a rematch in Cornelius to new leadership coming in Mint Hill and Matthews, voters across Mecklenburg County will see busy ballots this fall.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
The bill allows independent candidates for president and all candidates for statewide and legislative offices to remove their names from ballots before Election Day — a move currently barred for all reasons except death.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
All mail-in ballots must be received by the voter’s local county election office by Election Day.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
In the 2022 governor’s race, 421,007 San Diegans cast ballots.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
Voters would cast ballots for parties or candidates, and seats would be distributed proportionally.
—Duane Roberts, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
People who cast their ballots in primary elections aren't your average voter.
—Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballots
votes
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Even with those concessions, the legislation had critics and barely garnered enough votes to pass.—
John Woolfolk,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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But the 55-45 votes failed to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to send the bill to the president.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Ballots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballots. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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