Polling Place
Polling Place: Facility to which voters are assigned to cast in-person ballots.
Also known as: Poll
Definition
Facility to which voters are assigned to cast in-person ballots.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Area within the polling location where voters cast ballots.
- Definition 3
Location at which voters may cast in-person ballots under the supervision of election workers during one or more specific time periods.
- Definition 4
A building where voting takes place during an election, typically one that normally has another function, such as a school.
- Definition 5
The “building where residents of a voting precinct vote or where absentee voting is conducted.” Utah Code §20A-1-102(46). “[T]he room or rooms where voters apply to vote and mark and cast their ballots.” Tenn. Code 2- 1-104(17). A “facility that is staffed by poll workers and equipped with voting equipment, to which voters from a given precinct come to cast in-person ballots.” Some states provide for a single polling place for each precinct. “The governing body shall establish by ordinance one po lling place for each precinct.” Va. Code §24.2-307. 2005 VVSG V.1, APPENDIX A. Also POLLING SITE.