Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place in which votes are taken and recorded at an election.
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Examples
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When going toe-to-toe in polling-place parking lots or back rooms with ranchers and political-party operatives attempting to prevent Native American citizens from casting ballots, he's needed every inch and ounce, along with his encyclopedic knowledge of election law.
Stephanie Woodard: Ready to Rumble: A Lawyer on the Voting-Rights Frontline Stephanie Woodard 2010
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Jurisdictions covered by Section 5 would have to ask the U.S. Justice Department for permission to make any changes in voting procedures—literally anything from one municipality annexing another to changes in polling-place locations.
Why Is Arizona in the Jim Crow Penalty Box? Clint Bolick 2011
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Allegations ranging from outright fraud to polling-place disorganization that disenfranchised many Haitians nearly brought the election to a halt.
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We give credit to Curry for mounting a more robust write-in bid than we expected -- though it may have been boosted by polling-place shenanigans.
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Allegations ranging from outright fraud to polling-place disorganization that disenfranchised many Haitians nearly brought the election to a halt.
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And any hopes that a prolonged voting period would alleviate need for the traditional, last-minute polling-place madness were dashed last week, when only a trickle of people took advantage of early voting.
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When going toe-to-toe in polling-place parking lots or back rooms with ranchers and political-party operatives attempting to prevent Native American citizens from casting ballots, he's needed every inch and ounce, along with his encyclopedic knowledge of election law.
Stephanie Woodard: Ready to Rumble: A Lawyer on the Voting-Rights Frontline Stephanie Woodard 2010
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And any hopes that a prolonged voting period would alleviate need for the traditional, last-minute polling-place madness were dashed last week, when only a trickle of people took advantage of early voting.
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As it stands, the American voting system is a worrisome mess, a labyrinth of local, state and federal laws spotted with bewildered volunteers, harried public officials, partisan distortions, misdesigned forms, malfunctioning machines and polling-place confusion.
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And any hopes that a prolonged voting period would alleviate need for the traditional, last-minute polling-place madness were dashed last week, when only a trickle of people took advantage of early voting.
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