ballot boxes

Election deposit bins

Ballot boxes are containers for collecting votes in an election.

Voters deposit their completed ballots through a slot, and the boxes remain sealed until counting begins.

The term often stands for the voting process itself: The question will be decided at the ballot box.

To stuff the ballot box is to fraudulently add extra votes.

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  • urnsFooted ceremonial vessels
  • stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
  • votesFormal choices recorded
  • electionsFormal choosing of officials
  • castPerformers, throw, or splint

early voting · mail-in voting · voting · recounts · locked · election day · vote counting · slot · secrecy · tamper-proof · seals · chain of custody · universal suffrage · minority representation · electorate · civic duty · electoral fraud · democracy

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God-granted ruling authority

military force · tyranny · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · despotism

voting infrastructure components

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Private election compartments

polling stations · ballot papers · voting machines

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