voting booth

Private polling enclosure

A voting booth is a small enclosed or partitioned space where voters mark their ballots in privacy.

The booth shields choices from observation, a physical guarantee of secret ballot.

She stepped into the voting booth and drew the curtain behind her.

election

ballot

Voting document

campaign · primary · general · midterm · incumbent · challenger · nominee · polling place · poll worker · caucus

privacy

curtain

Fabric hung for privacy

anonymity · enclosure · shielded · hidden · confidential · private · isolated · undisturbed · secret ballot · personal space

civic

civic duty

Obligation owed to community

electorate · franchise · civil rights · representation · democracy · self-governance · town hall · community · engagement · advocacy

method

lever

Pivoting bar for lifting

electronic · absentee · provisional · mail-in · write-in · straight ticket · split ticket · ranked choice · preferential · machine

Categories
Opposites
participation vs. exclusion from democratic process

voting boothdisenfranchisement

Removal of voting rights

voter suppression · poll tax · literacy test · prison cell · Jim Crow laws

democratic vs. authoritarian decision-making

voting booththrone room

Sovereign's formal audience hall

military junta · one-party system · coup d'état · autocracy · totalitarian regime

private ballot vs. public/coerced expression

voting boothshow of hands

Voting by lifting arms

voice vote · roll call vote · public square · surveillance state · loyalty oath

Family

vote, booth, election, voting, voters, elections, voting booths

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G