Editing Polling station (section)

== Voting booth ==
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A '''voting booth''' or '''polling booth''' (in British English)<ref>{{cite web|title=Oxford Dictionaries|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/polling-booth?q=polling+booth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027174428/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/polling-booth?q=polling+booth|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> is a room or cabin in a [[polling station]] where voters are able to cast their vote in private to protect the [[Secret ballot|secrecy of the ballot]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Voting at a Polling Place|url=http://www.aec.gov.au/voting/polling.htm|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=28 May 2013|archive-date=2 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502065558/http://aec.gov.au/Voting/polling.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Voting in person|url=http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/how_do_i_vote/voting_in_person.aspx|publisher=The Electoral Commission|access-date=28 May 2013|archive-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602142035/http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/how_do_i_vote/voting_in_person.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Commonly the entrance to the voting booth is a retractable curtain. Usually access to the voting booth is restricted to a single person, with exceptions for voters requiring assistance. The booths aren't in all states but some, as others use a form of mailing.

[[Voting machine]]s generally use either a voting booth or some other form of privacy cover to obscure voters from the view of others.