Polling location
From Ballotpedia
A polling location or polling site is where voters cast their ballots on an election day.[1] Common locations include schools, churches, fire stations or community centers.[2]
Facilities, designated as polling locations, are open for the voting public on specified hours during election day and the days leading up to an election. Candidates on the ballot and those affiliated with their campaign are generally prohibited from active electioneering near polling locations.[3]
Voting areas, usually in the form of voting booths, are located inside polling locations and are used by voters to cast their ballots in private and in secret. The cast ballots are then submitted usually via a ballot box, but a voting machine may also be used.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Free Dictionary.com, "Polling place," accessed December 4, 2013
- ↑ Stanford Graduate School of Business, "Can polling location influence how voters vote?" June 1, 2008
- ↑ Wikipedia.org, "Polling place," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑ Gizmodo, "How to Vote: A Guide to Every Voting Machine in America," November 2, 2010
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