Ballot
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A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting. It was originally a small ball used to record decisions made by voters in It
A pile of ballots used in the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election
Ancient Greek ostraca, 5th century BC, Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus
Ancient Greek bronze secret ballots used to cast a juror's vote on a case, 3rd century BC, Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus
1864 ballot of the National Union Party (United States)
Polling station
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A polling place is where voters cast their ballots in elections. The phrase polling station is also used in American English, British English and Canadian English although a polling place is the build
Ballot
…the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use printed ballots to protect the secrecy of the votes. The voter casts their ballot in a box at a polling station. In British English, this is usually called a "ballot paper". The word ballot is used for an election process within an organization (such as a trade…
A polling station situated inside a suburban library in the north of Cambridge during the 2005 United Kingdom general election
New York polling place c. 1900, showing voting booths on the left
Voting booth from Connecticut, USA; late 20th century
A church being used as a polling station in the 2015 United Kingdom general election