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Vinony

ballot box

noun

  1. sealed container for completed ballots, which prevents access to the ballots cast until the close of the voting period
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.
  2. The process or method of voting.

    “The people will decide at the ballot box.”

    “Incumbent Sadiq Khan wants a third term. But he is currently silenced by the strict rules of 'purdah', so he cannot use funds from the Greater London Authority for anything that might give him political advantage. There are strict neutrality rules to ensure that all ten candidates stand an equal chance at the ballot box […].”