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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
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a box into which ballot papers are dropped after voting
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
ballot box n → urna (elettorale)
ballot box n → urna (elettorale)


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In a eulogy the younger Pinochet extolled his grandfather as "a man who, at the height of the Cold War, defeated the Marxist government which tried to impose its totalitarian model, not through the ballot box, but through direct use of force.
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For better or worse, government by ballot box has become the norm in California.
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The Iraqi people decided against civil war when they went to the ballot box.
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