voting machine
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈvoʊtɪŋ məˈʃin/
- Specialized
:
máquina de votación
- Is this why Allen West's request to secure the voting machines in Florida was denied by a judge?
This is when one of the cabinets to a voting machine wasn't properly sealed, like the side door panels to it weren't properly closed.
- This is when one of the cabinets to a voting machine wasn't properly sealed, like the side door panels to it weren't properly closed.
- After he lost, they were quite they were standing on the floors of Congress talking about how the voting machines in Ohio were fucked.
- You know, the the nonsense with Dominion voting machines and all that versus it wasn't fair And what wasn't fair?
- And and then, you know, Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs of Fox, he gets taken off because he he criticized the voting machines.
Examples
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All but three counties will use new voting machines from Electronic Systems and Software.
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There have been reports and demonstrations of "electronic" voting machine manipulations for years.
Blog text (5) -
Yes, Ohio needs to fix its voting machines and repair the voting process.
Blog text (6) -
Apparently the electronic voting machine malfunctioned.
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It looks like much of Los Angeles county is still having trouble with their voting machines down in the southern California area.
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Bain Capital has some vested interest in one of the voting machine companies.
Blog text (3) -
An interesting question is whether election infrastructure (voter registration systems, voting machines, tabulation systems, etc.) may be classified as critical.
Academic text (2017) -
On Election Day, the computerized voting machine simply displays the screens and records voters' responses.
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In Philadelphia, more than 5 percent of voting machines broke down on primary day.
Synonyms
A machine or program that adds up votes by itself in an election
A person or machine that checks voters and records ballots
How Automated
- Specialized
5
3.3
- Specialized
28
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a machine used for voting' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'voting' (the act of casting votes) with 'machine' (a device). This noun–noun compounding is a transparent, cross-linguistically common composition pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun voting machine comes from the simple picture of a box or device that people use to put their choice into, and the box then keeps a record. Because voting is the act of choosing and machine is a device, the phrase means 'a machine that records and counts votes'.