polling booth


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polling booth

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a semi-enclosed space in which a voter stands to mark a ballot paper during an election
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poll′ing booth`


n.
a booth in which votes are cast.
[1850–55]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.polling booth - a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votespolling booth - a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes
kiosk, stall, booth, cubicle - small area set off by walls for special use
polling place, polling station - a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
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Translations

polling booth

n (Brit) → cabina elettorale
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Summary: Chandigarh (Punjab) (India), May 20 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered re-polling at one polling booth of Amritsar Parliamentary constituency on May 22, due to negligence during the polling process.
Starting this year, ECB has provided postal ballot and polling booth facilities for the employees of Pasakha Industrial Estate and the industries in Phuentsholing along with the members of Truckers and Taxi Association of Bhutan in Phuentsholing.
They said there was only one polling booth for women at every polling station, which was not insufficient to accommodate a large number of women, who showed up to cast vote.
His body was found outside a polling booth at Shibapara area of Domkal assembly segment in Murshidabad district.
Survey respondents report higher levels of risky sexual behavior when they answer questions anonymously in private polling booths using marked tokens than when they take part in face-to-face interviews, according to a study conducted in Cotonou, Benin (1) For example, the proportion of married men who reported ever having had sex with a female sex worker was 20% in face-to-face interviews, but 42% in polling booth surveys.
Artashat, where 2 people simultaneously voted in the polling booth without being registered in accordance with the established
This paper provides an analysis of voter support for parties focusing on the disaggregated spatial level of local polling booths. Relationships between votes for political parties for the House of Representatives and the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of populations living in polling booth catchments across all the electorates in Australia are modelled to identify key demographic and socio-political dimensions underlying voter support for political parties.
The PRID is headed by a Aristides Gomes, a very close ally of Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was ousted from the PAIGC and won the 2005 presidential elections as an independent candidate.As dawn broke in the capital Bissau, men carrying torches and wearing fluorescent jackets with the word "staff" set up a polling booth under an acacia tree on the potholed sidewalk.Unpaid salaries
A COVENTRY voter has complained that a poster in a polling booth gave misleading advice which caused her to spoil her ballot paper.
On the day in question last week,I left for work to catch the 7 am train,bef ore the polling booth was open.
The president of Haitian Women of Miami testified she was threatened with arrest for attempting to enter the polling booth to help first-time Haitian voters who needed translation assistance.