voting booth

collocation in English

meaningsofvotingandbooth

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voting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈvəʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity of choosing someone or something in ...
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booth
noun[C]
uk
/buːð/us
/buːθ/
a small space like a box that a person can ...
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(Definition ofvotingandboothfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvoting booth

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When did the practice of marching en masse to thevotingboothend (p. 73)?
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The individual citizen, in the privacy of avotingbooth, does not have to bow to public pressure.
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Only a minority of voters with clear anchoring preferences actually change sides in thevotingbooth.
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Lure someone to thevotingbooth, and you will raise his or her propensity to vote in a future election.
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Political conflict is a central part of healthy politics-political difference expressed in thevotingboothas well as in the arguments outside it.
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Statistical simulations provide further evidence that regime preferences play a decisive role in thevotingbooth, especially for voters who are not politically 'anchored'.
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Perhaps a taste for indulging cheaply in one's ideals in the privacy of thevotingboothdoes help to draw voters to the polls.
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There is also an attentive but indulgent audience that misreads this subtle exploitation as a socially-appropriate act of acknowledgment, and then faithfully registers their approval at thevotingbooth.
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Even the most faithful sometimes do not like one to look over their shoulder in thevotingbooth.
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Hansard archive
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Are we to enter thevotingboothwith instruction manuals for each and every type of voting?
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Hansard archive
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I can think of one or two good examples where the fourth estate had as much responsibility as any voter in avotingbooth.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In this case the official sits behind his table in thevotingbooth, and has a representative of each party standing behind him.
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Hansard archive
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Pensioners therefore went to thevotingboothbelieving that they would be protected.
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Hansard archive
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In this system, the touch-screen voting terminal in thevotingboothserves as a ballot marking device, recording selections on a smart card.
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Commonly the entrance to thevotingboothis a retractable curtain.
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Usually access to thevotingboothis restricted to a single person, with exceptions for voters requiring assistance.
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Thevotingboothis the one place where all are presumed equal, yet the reality is that the playing field is far from level.
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The voter marks the ballot papers in the privacy of avotingbooth.
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The woman is voting in a curtained mechanicalvotingbooth.
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On election day, and upon entry to a polling station, the voter is given an official envelope, and shown to avotingbooth.
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