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 The secretary of state's office reported 188,667 in-person ballots Tuesday, an increase of about 40% over the first day in 2022. — Monique John, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Other top concerns included politicians interfering with the election and mail-in ballots getting lost, stolen or delayed. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 But voters casting ballots by mail for the midterms can't necessarily count on the same rule. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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votes

Noun

Developers have lost similar votes this year in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina.

— Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Those ballots take longer to count than in-person votes, as officials need to deal with envelopes and verify signatures to make sure mail ballots are cast by the people they're supposed to be cast by.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

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