polling station

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

polling station (plural polling stations)

1. (British, Canada, Australia) a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station
   • 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Dastis defended the Spanish police’s actions as they tried to halt the referendum, even though other members of the government have apologised for the violent scenes when officers raided polling stations, charged the crowds with batons and fired rubber bullets.

Translations

place where voters go to cast their ballot

• Armenian: ընտրատեղամաս (hy) (əntrateġamas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 投票站 (zh) (tóupiàozhàn)

• Czech: volební místnost f
• Finnish: äänestyspaikka (fi)
• Galician: colexio electoral m, mesa electoral f
• German: Wahllokal (de) n
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• Irish: stáisiún vótála m
• Italian: seggio elettorale m
• Maori: whare pōti
• Polish: lokal wyborczy (pl) m
• Russian: изибирательный уча́сток (izibiratelʹnyj učástok)
• Spanish: colegio electoral m, mesa electoral f
• Swedish: vallokal (sv) c
• Volapük: vögodöp (vo)

See also

• voting booth, polling booth