polling station

noun

British
: a building where people go to vote in an election

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Voters stand in line at a polling station in Washington, D.C., on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Jessica Dickler,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024 Mujica, now 89 and recovering from esophageal cancer, turned up at his local polling station before balloting even began on Sunday to praise Orsi’s humility and Uruguay’s proud stability. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024 Mujica, now 89 and recovering from esophageal cancer, turned up at his local polling station before balloting even began on Sunday to praise Orsi's humility and Uruguay's proud stability. Nayara Batschke The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024 Alaska is the latest state to close, stopping voting at 1 a.m. WHERE: Find your local polling station at https://iwillvote.com. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Several young Georgians who still bore the visible marks of beating described being detained at peaceful protests by security forces; one independent election monitor recounted how he had been roughed up to leave a polling station by a crowd of thugs. Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024 Other people passing out flyers near the polling station told Raimi that the three men had blocked a family from leaving the polling station, despite the family asking them not to record them. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 Aside from a rare minor problem — one election official forgot to bring a key to open a polling station around 6 a.m. — Fontes said polling places were up and running across the state, and will be until closing at 7 p.m. local time. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 Alaska is the latest state to close, stopping voting at 1 a.m. Find your local polling station here. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Polling station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20station. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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