secret ballot

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Noun
  • With the polls closed on Election Day in Fulton County, absentee ballots and overseas ballots are received and processed at the Elections Preparation Center at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Nov. 3, 2020.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • In Mississippi, any absentee ballot that is mailed on or before Election Day can be received up to five business days after the election.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In a strange reversal of a longstanding trend with the Academy, this year’s documentary short ballot is almost entirely domestic (which is to say, films made by or about Americans), while the feature doc category — where subtitles aren’t so common — is entirely international.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • About half a dozen poll workers said this election has been particularly slow, likely because of the short ballot and bad weather.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
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“Secret ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secret%20ballot. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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