absentee
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1. absentee - Noun
2. absentee - Adjective
Meaning
One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee.
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A big tell in the Kavanaugh screed is found in this aside: "States want to avoid the chaos and suspicions of impropriety that can ensue if thousands of absentee ballots flow in after Election Day and potentially flip the results of an election."
AAAJA also filed a lawsuit that forced Gwinnett County to change its process for rejecting absentee ballots.
A bill to allow people to vote absentee vote without an excuse or explanation passed the state Senate in 2017 but did not get a vote in the House of Representatives.
About 10,000 deficient absentee ballots across the state had been on hold since Oct. 4 due to pending litigation regarding the witness requirement.
About 636,000 of the state’s 2.3 million voters already had voted before the polls opened at 6 a.m. under the provisions of a temporary law that allows every voter to use an absentee ballot for the first time due to a suddenly resurgent COVID-19 pandemic.
According to estimates by the state and county, no other local races are expected to change based on the volume of absentee by mail ballots requested and yet to be received that might come in for consideration.