ballot box
noun
1
: a box for receiving ballots
2
: ballot sense 2a
In a republic, reform had to come about through the ballot box rather than by force.—
Mary Beth Norton et al.
Mary Beth Norton et al.
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Ida Fisher Junior High in Miami Beach held a mock Ford-Carter presidential election with a ballot box in its recess courtyard to teach its students civics lessons.
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Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
His administration backed the challenge to Mississippi's law brought by the RNC, arguing that Election Day is the day the ballot box closes, and when election officials must have all ballots.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The New York and Washington Democratic political class was in stunned disbelief last week, scrambling to interpret Tuesday’s primary results, and the unprecedented electoral successes of the Democratic Socialists at the ballot box.
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Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Active citizenship can defeat intolerant ideologies in debate and at the ballot box.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
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Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
His administration backed the challenge to Mississippi's law brought by the RNC, arguing that Election Day is the day the ballot box closes, and when election officials must have all ballots.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The New York and Washington Democratic political class was in stunned disbelief last week, scrambling to interpret Tuesday’s primary results, and the unprecedented electoral successes of the Democratic Socialists at the ballot box.
—
Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Active citizenship can defeat intolerant ideologies in debate and at the ballot box.
—
Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
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