BALLOTS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

ballots

noun

plural of ballot

as in votes

a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president

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Relevance

as in suffrages

the right to formally express one's position or will in an election believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot

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disenfranchisements

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Recent Examples of ballots But voters still can provide their ballots in person at a Supervisor of Elections Office, at an early-voting site during voting hours, or at a Secure Ballot Intake Station. — Ruth Abramovitz, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 As a result, those ballots were tabulated but not included in the election night reporting. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The Associated Press called the race just before midnight as Demuth was leading with more than 43% of the vote to Mike Lindell’s less than 33% of the ballots counted. — Connor Greene, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 Any potential for unrest or protests related to people’s monitoring of market forecasts is likely to come in the days following the election, while ballots still are being counted, Logan said. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The president issued an executive order in March that moved to exert federal control over voter rolls and mail-in ballots. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley beat zany socialist Francesca Hong by about 3,800 votes out of 792,000 ballots cast. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2026 Platte, Clay and Jackson counties all saw higher voter turnout this year than in 2024 and 2022 with a combined total of 174,575 ballots. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 The incident highlighted in the declassified materials, however, concerns the security of voter registration information rather than ballots or vote tabulation. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026

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votes

Noun

Turnout was above 41% in Bethlehem, Hartland and West Hartford, a town with traditionally high engagement that delivered 6,150 votes for Lamont, 5% of his total, and 4,369 or 14% of Bronin’s.

— Angela Eichhorst, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Piker pointed to Hong’s roughly 300,000 votes as evidence of the movement’s growing strength and urged supporters not to view the loss as a failure.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026

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