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The Ballot Box - Elections and Election vocabulary
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In this video I'm joined by Jon from the Monty English Podcast
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There are a lot of elections coming up around the world so we thought we'd make a video about election vocabulary so that next time you're following the news of an election in English you'll understand it better. Some of the expressions you might hear.
Polling station
Voting booth
Ballot paper
Ballot box
The poll
An opinion poll
The count
A recount
A run-off
The vote
An MP (Member of Parliament) A postal vote
A proxy vote
A spoilt ballot paper.
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