polling place
Where ballots go
A polling place is a designated location where voters cast ballots during an election.
Schools, churches, community centers, and government buildings commonly serve as polling places.
Each voter is assigned to a specific one based on their registered address: I stopped by my polling place on the way to work.
Temporary enclosed compartment
- machinePower-driven working device
- tabulatorOne who tallies
- screenDisplay or barrier
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
privacy · queue · line · check-in · identification · voter · sticker · chad
Administrative jurisdiction zone
- stationFixed stopping point
- wardProtected person; division
- districtBounded administrative area
- locationPosition in space
site · center · school · church · gymnasium · library · firehouse · armory
Chief in importance
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- midtermExam at semester's middle
- runoffExcess water drainage
- specialUnlike the ordinary
caucus · registration · candidate · partisan · nonpartisan · campaign · referendum · proposition
Act of taking part
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- democracyRule by the people
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
franchise · electorate · grassroots · enfranchisement · representation · voice · accountability · self-governance
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
curtain · privacy · queue · line · check-in · identification · voter · sticker · chad · touchscreen
precinct
Administrative jurisdiction zone
location · site · center · school · church · gymnasium · library · firehouse · armory · courthouse
primary
Chief in importance
special · caucus · registration · candidate · partisan · nonpartisan · campaign · referendum · proposition · measure
participation
Act of taking part
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- democracyRule by the people
suffrage · franchise · electorate · grassroots · enfranchisement · representation · voice · accountability · self-governance
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- civic lifevoting, civic engagement, civic responsibility, civic education, civic leader
- pollingsample, sample size, random sample, margin of error, confidence interval
- recall electionsrecall election, recall petition, recall vote, recall campaign, removal from office
polling placeparty headquarters
Political organization's main office
political rally · campaign trail · smoke-filled room · back room
place, poll, pollen, polling, pollination, pollinate, pollster, pollinator, pollsters