单词	ballot box
释义	ballot box noun 1 : a box for receiving ballots 2 : ballot sense 2a Phrases stuff the ballot box chiefly US : to attempt to control the outcome of an election by having multiple illegitimate votes cast in support of the desired candidate They said the vote-rigging included stuffing ballot boxes, buying votes and absent names on the voter rolls. Sonia Verma By a margin of just 277 votes (some say ballot boxes were stuffed), Brooklyn, the nation's fourth-largest city, had voted to give up its proud and independent history. James Sterngold Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web His team argued the law was designed to discriminate against Black people and prevent them from exercising political power at the ballot box. Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022 The Conservatives had been relegated to also-rans in Scotland at the ballot box, famously losing all their Westminster seats in the country in 1997 as the Labour Party won a landslide. Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg.com, 16 Aug. 2022 The Women's Convention 2022, hosted by the Women's March organization, focused on women's power at the ballot box. Byabby Cruz, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2022 How voters will combine all of these feelings at the ballot box is anyone's guess, and the polls may be an imperfect guide. Drew Westen, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 The only other way is at the ballot box, since voters amended the state Constitution in 1972 to expressly authorize capital punishment. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022 Malliotakis made the argument that with crime a major issue at the ballot box in November, New Yorkers wanting to see real change in regard to public safety should vote Republican. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022 This free resource walks trans students through the process of registering to vote with the right ID and empowers students with tools for any difficulties that arise at the ballot box. Raye Maguire, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Democracy in Tunisia, the Arab world’s last hopeful holdout since the revolutions of 2011, was dealt a crushing defeat today – not with the bang of a military coup, but with a whimper of apathy at the ballot box. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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