polling station

British

noun

a building, such as a school, designated as the place to which voters go during an election to cast their votes

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In Milton Keynes, voters will be able to vote in the city's centre:mk shopping centre, rather than being tied to a single polling station.

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Currently someone can apply for a postal vote if it would be more convenient than visiting the polling station on the day of the election.

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They observed a sample of 545 individuals casting their vote and saw 32 cases of family voting in total, including nine cases in one polling station.

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The counting of votes should begin at each polling station as soon as voting closes with the results eventually being transmitted to a central tallying centre.

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The basement of their bungalow would be pressed into service as a polling station at election time.

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