ballot box

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ballot box

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.

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ballot box

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bal′lot box`

1. a receptacle for voters' ballots.

2. a system or instance of voting by ballot.

[1670–80]

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Noun

ballot 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

Wahlurne Urne

κάλπη

urneurne électorale

kotak suara

urna

ballot box

n → urna (elettorale)

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Uo Uo Uo The committee appointed seven officials to each ballot box, including the head, staff and representatives of political parties in the Turkish parliament, the Anadolu agency quoted Govin as saying.

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Anton Vano, a member of the municipal council, stole the ballot box from the room where the election is taking place.

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"The crime of burning ballot box storage warehouses in Al-Russafa area is a deliberate act, a planned crime, aimed at hiding instances of fraud and manipulation of votes, lying to the Iraqi people and changing their will and choices," he said in a statement.

Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad

"BJP agent was trying to run away with the ballot box, while officers caught hold of him but people said to let him go.

WB panchayat polls: Ballot boxed looted at gunpoint in Murshidabad

Arenas said the time limit per ballot box with less than 300 votes will be 5.5 hours, while for 300 to 700 votes will be 8.25 hours, and for more than 700 votes will be 11 hours.