polling place

noun

US
: a building where people go to vote in an election

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Poll watchers must be registered ahead of time, and each party is only allowed two per election district — and only one poll watcher per candidate is allowed to be in a polling place at a time. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 All a local election official can do now, Henderson said, is give directions to move voters away from danger and toward another polling place. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, at closing, every machine used at every polling station prints its tally, which is then posted in front of the polling place with a QR code, so anyone can check it against the national count. — Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 In his statement, Earley noted the two Customs and Border Patrol vehicles stayed at the polling place for 10 minutes before leaving, and that his office didn’t receive any calls about the incident. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for polling place

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