Defined term

Polling Place

Polling Place: Facility to which voters are assigned to cast in-person ballots.

Also known as: Poll

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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.

Source: NISTType: standard
Definition 3

Location at which voters may cast in-person ballots under the supervision of election workers during one or more specific time periods.

Source: NIST Election GlossaryType: standard
Definition 4

A building where voting takes place during an election, typically one that normally has another function, such as a school.

Source: 2018 Risk Limiting Audit Pilot Project ReportType: external
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.

Source: Electronic Voting GlossaryType: external

Sources

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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Glossary for Voting Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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NIST Election Glossary
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2018 Risk Limiting Audit Pilot Project Report
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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