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ballot box
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ballot box
n.
1. A box in which a voter deposits his or her marked ballot.
2. The process or method of voting, especially in secret: The popularity of the party's platform will be decided by the ballot box.
ballot box
Noun
a box into which voting papers are dropped on completion
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ballot boxballot box - a box where voters deposit their ballots
box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
Translations
Spanish ballot box n → urna (electoral)
French ballot box n → urne (électorale)
German ballot box n → Wahlurne f
Italian ballot box n → urna (per le schede)
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Lopez, the IFE reported the PREP count after ten thousand ballot boxes had been tallied; no incremental count had been provided during this initial phase.
What went wrong in Mexico? What the U.S. media didn't tell you by Anderson, Kenneth / The Humanist
But Lopez Obrador accused Calderon's party of stuffing ballot boxes and said that his own votes had been undercounted.
?Viva Mexico: Mexican teens talk about life, politics, and their love ... by Sandoval, Ricardo / Junior Scholastic
The PRI, which ruled the country until Vicente Fox was elected in 2000, bought votes and stuffed ballot boxes for seventy years.
Mexico divided by DiNovella, Elizabeth / The Progressive
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