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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In other space news, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be able to vote via absentee ballot from low-Earth orbit in November’s election.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
Wisconsin's deadline to send absentee ballots to those who requested them was Thursday, Sept. 19, a date that has become a sticking point in Kennedy's bid to get off the ballot.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
The deadline to return absentee ballots is Nov. 5 at 7:30pm.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
In Michigan's midterm elections in 2022, some 1.8 million people voted by absentee ballots statewide; more than 3 million absentee votes were cast in the 2020 election in the state.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
Wisconsin's deadline to send absentee ballots to those who requested them was Thursday, Sept. 19, a date that has become a sticking point in Kennedy's bid to get off the ballot.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
The deadline to return absentee ballots is Nov. 5 at 7:30pm.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
In Michigan's midterm elections in 2022, some 1.8 million people voted by absentee ballots statewide; more than 3 million absentee votes were cast in the 2020 election in the state.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
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