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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
Multiple candidates reported instances where caucus members who requested ballots did not receive them.
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Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
North Rhine-Westphalia municipalities have had to reprint ballots and, in some cases, require postal voters to cast new ballots for elections on September 14.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, many states have implemented additional safeguards around mail-in ballots, such as video monitoring on ballot drop boxes, limiting the number or hours that drop boxes that can be left outside and requiring voters to provide their identification numbers on their ballot envelopes.
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Television Academy voters have until Wednesday night to finish up their ballots that will determine this year’s winners of Primetime Emmy Awards.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
Mail ballots are not a threat to democracy, but an invitation to it, by Barbara Smith Warner, opinion contributor, The Hill.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Support for any-reason mail-in voting among Republicans has dropped steeply in the last five years—49% of Republicans favored it in 2020 but only 32% do now, after Trump baselessly claimed mail-in ballots cost him the 2020 presidential election.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The president has long been suspicious of voting by mail, often claiming fake mail-in ballots contributed to his 2020 election loss.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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
Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
North Rhine-Westphalia municipalities have had to reprint ballots and, in some cases, require postal voters to cast new ballots for elections on September 14.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, many states have implemented additional safeguards around mail-in ballots, such as video monitoring on ballot drop boxes, limiting the number or hours that drop boxes that can be left outside and requiring voters to provide their identification numbers on their ballot envelopes.
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Television Academy voters have until Wednesday night to finish up their ballots that will determine this year’s winners of Primetime Emmy Awards.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
Mail ballots are not a threat to democracy, but an invitation to it, by Barbara Smith Warner, opinion contributor, The Hill.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Support for any-reason mail-in voting among Republicans has dropped steeply in the last five years—49% of Republicans favored it in 2020 but only 32% do now, after Trump baselessly claimed mail-in ballots cost him the 2020 presidential election.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The president has long been suspicious of voting by mail, often claiming fake mail-in ballots contributed to his 2020 election loss.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballots
votes
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Eight execs polled before the season slotted Green Bay second behind Philadelphia in the conference (see their votes below).—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Four years ago, Biden enjoyed a lead of more than 100,000 votes in mail-in balloting, more than enough to overcome a narrow Trump lead in early voting and on Election Day itself.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Ballots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballots. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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