Below you will find example sentences with "polling places". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Polling Places in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: polling
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.6 words

Words in this phrase

polling places

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • polling can mean: present participle and gerund of poll Frequent word
  • places can mean: plural of place Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

county s polling places could lead 1× districts and polling places are 1× early voting polling places in solidly 1× election and polling places illinois primary 1× elections at polling places and by 1× how many polling places will be 1× in physical polling places to do 1× lines at polling places particularly in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a spokesperson for 1× at least four 1× at the heart 1× due to storm 1× election and polling 1× for instance the 1×

Common sentence endings:

25 polling places 1× and early voting 1× and voter turnout 1× at polling places 1× democratic primary ballots 1× for your help 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

elections 9× county 6× voting 5× primary 3× democratic 3× bomb 3× threats 3× georgia 3× election 2× tuesday 2× voter 2× board 2×

Related phrases

polling units polling unit historic places polling station polling stations public places polling day

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around polling:

polling unit 20× polling station 20× polling day 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

polling day poll shows poll released politically motivated politically charged politically active

Just after it in the phrase index:

polling station polling stations polling unit polling units pollution control pollution levels

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

polling units polling unit polling station polling stations polling day

Same ending:

historic places public places

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "polling places" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as county s polling places could lead, districts and polling places are, elections, county and voting stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with polling units, polling unit, historic places, polling unit, polling station and polling day, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with polling places

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Polling places will be open 8am to 6pm on Referendum Day. (11 words)

We have all seen long lines at polling places, particularly in our cities. (13 words)

Due to storm damages, the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections relocated 25 polling places. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

For instance, the elections board has come up with a rationale for shuttering the polling places in the rural county: They just have to, because the existing polling places are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. (39 words)

In Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that includes most of the city of Atlanta, 32 of the 177 polling places received bomb threats Tuesday, prompting brief evacuations at five locations, county Police Chief W. Wade Yates said. (39 words)

At the heart of the fight is a enacted in California in 2022 aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to form labor unions by no longer requiring them to vote in physical polling places to do so. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Election and polling places: Illinois’ Primary Election was on Tuesday, March 17. There were lots of concerns about how the novel coronavirus would affect the safety of polling places and voter turnout.

Hogan also called on the elections board to detail how many polling places will be open in each county, writing that consolidating most of a county’s polling places could lead to voter disenfranchisement.

For instance, the elections board has come up with a rationale for shuttering the polling places in the rural county: They just have to, because the existing polling places are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The consultation is being held as part of the statutory review Redditch Borough Council must do every five years to establish how suitable its polling districts and polling places are.

It also authorised the use of multiple polling places within the same constituency, and limited the duration of polling to two days.

Polling places will be open 8am to 6pm on Referendum Day.

The equally divided boards, they said, would allow Republicans to use tie votes to block adoption of some measures, such as allotting early-voting polling places in solidly Democratic cities, that might impede Republican success.

We have all seen long lines at polling places, particularly in our cities.

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A spokesperson for the Elections ACT said 2024 polling places were based on analysis of voting data from the 2020 elections.

At least four "unsubstantiated" bomb threats were sent to Arizona polling places, and 32 were called in in Georgia, per officials.

At the heart of the fight is a enacted in California in 2022 aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to form labor unions by no longer requiring them to vote in physical polling places to do so.

Due to storm damages, the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections relocated 25 polling places.

For this year’s elections, the three polling places in Evanston have moved, Mendoza said.

Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said the state had also identified the source of bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at polling places.

If they face obstacles in voting, due to the lack of convenient polling places, they may be unable to participate in their elections and their vital voices will not be heard.

In Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that includes most of the city of Atlanta, 32 of the 177 polling places received bomb threats Tuesday, prompting brief evacuations at five locations, county Police Chief W. Wade Yates said.

Kennedy’s campaign lawyers argued he should be allowed to collect signatures inside polling places because his name will not appear on the Republican or Democratic primary ballots.

Many polling places are spread thin, making it harder for the opposition to monitor them.

Primary elections are conducted like other US elections – at polling places and by secret ballot, heldthroughout the day and usually also with absentee and early voting.

So thank you to the many men and women, all across America, and those in our individual polling places, for your help.

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