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BALLOT BOX

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Etymology

A blank ballot box, usually to be filled with either or .

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  1. To be filled with or , indicates agreement.
    • 1987 May, The Rotarian, volume 150, number 5 (in English), Rotary International, →ISSN, page 53:
      Yes! Send me_____________watch(es) at $235.00 each!
  2. In a list, to be filled with either indicating agreement or indicating disagreement.
    Select which ice cream flavors you like: (in this example, the surveyee only likes vanilla, among the given options)
    Chocolate
    Strawberry
    Vanilla
  3. To be filled with or , indicates a vote.
    Candidate 1
    Candidate 2
    Candidate 3

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