absentee ballot
noun
: a ballot submitted (as by mail) in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls
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Box the Ballot founder and executive director Daphne Frias, 26, meanwhile, collected more than 20,000 absentee ballots during the 2020 midterms to harness those ballots’ potential.
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Jena McGregor, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Twenty-eight states let voters request an absentee ballot without requiring an excuse, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
—Susan Haigh, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
But the result was overturned based on allegations of absentee ballot irregularities brought by the third place finisher.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Macomb County is re-tabulating about 33,000 absentee ballots from Warren and Roseville because of incorrect settings on local tabulators, the county clerk said Wednesday.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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Jena McGregor, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Twenty-eight states let voters request an absentee ballot without requiring an excuse, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
—Susan Haigh, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
But the result was overturned based on allegations of absentee ballot irregularities brought by the third place finisher.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Macomb County is re-tabulating about 33,000 absentee ballots from Warren and Roseville because of incorrect settings on local tabulators, the county clerk said Wednesday.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Absentee ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee%20ballot. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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