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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
ballot box nurna (electoral)
ballot box nurne (électorale)
ballot box nWahlurne f
ballot box nurna (per le schede)


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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.
For better or worse, government by ballot box has become the norm in California.
The Iraqi people decided against civil war when they went to the ballot box.
 
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