= vote → 2612 ☒ ballot box with x
The ballot box with ballot emoji is your pocket-sized democracy: a tidy box with a paper slipping in, screaming “decision time” without raising its voice. On Apple/iOS, it’s a light-gray box with a slot up top and a crisp white ballot peeking out, featuring a bold green checkmark—clean lines, gentle shading, and that satisfying “almost dropped in” pose. Visually, it’s so recognizable that you can practically hear the cardboard thud of civic participation. It’s perfect for Election Day reminders, GOTV posts, or humble-bragging that you already mailed yours in like a planning legend.
People use it when running polls in group chats (pizza toppings, obviously), announcing survey links, or joking about office politics with “we live in a society” energy. It also does numbers on social when paired with “I voted” selfies, early voting tips, and “don’t forget your ID” PSAs. In meme territory, it becomes “choose your fighter” for fandom poll wars, March Madness brackets, or reality show eliminations where democracy is… spirited. It can read earnest, but also playfully dramatic: “casting my vote to leave this meeting forever.”
Flirty twist? “Casting my vote for you as cutest” lands every time. Sarcastic mode pops when someone suggests pineapple on pizza—drop the emoji and let the people decide. Whether you’re channeling civic duty, crowd-sourcing lunch, or declaring the winner of Hot Take Tuesday, this little box says the results are in—and the vibes are official.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1102 of 2393 |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :ballot_box: |
| Keywords |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Ballot Symbols |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🗳 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🗳 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🗳 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🗳 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f5f3 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F5F3 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128499 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x97 0xB3 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 97 B3 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 227 263 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDDF3 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dddf3 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56819 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F5F3 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F5F3 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128499 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F5F3" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x97\xb3" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDDF3" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🗳️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🗳️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🗳 ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🗳 ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f5f3, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F5F3, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128499, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x97 0xB3, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 97 B3, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 227 263, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDDF3, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dddf3, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56819, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F5F3 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F5F3, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128499, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F5F3\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x97\xb3\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDDF3\uFE0F" |
