BALLOTS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

ballots

noun

plural of ballot

as in votes

a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president

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Relevance

as in suffrages

the right to formally express one's position or will in an election believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot

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disenfranchisements

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Recent Examples of ballots Some voting laws have changed in Ohio since 2022, including the state eliminating its grace period for receiving mail ballots, a change that forces voters to return those ballots earlier. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 As of noon Wednesday, roughly 10% of registered, active voters have already cast their ballots, either through mail balloting or at the early voting sites that opened Monday across the region. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Early voting began Monday and mail-in ballots have been sent out. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Maryland's State Board of Elections (SBE) has announced that ballots for the 2026 general election have been certified and posted online for review. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 For ballots cast so far, Democrats comprise a much larger share, according to ABC News' analysis. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 At the same time, Becker and other experts stressed that those efforts to date have failed, and state and local elections have largely proceeded in recent weeks without incident, with millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Below her post, some commenters claimed their ballots had also defaulted to Democratic candidates. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026 But voters casting ballots by mail for the midterms can't necessarily count on the same rule. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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votes

Noun

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal arrived at a polling station in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning to cast their votes.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Progressives like Melat Kiros have signaled their votes for Jeffries might be up for grabs unless their leadership embraces more left-leaning policies, but most Democrats are skeptical about major defections.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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