Noun
(election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day)
Source: WordNetAbout 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. Source: Internet
According to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, 10,808 Door County voters had requested absentee ballot applications as of Oct. 27. Of those, 9,151 had already been returned, and 1,947 people had voted early in person. Source: Internet
After households received SafeVote information in September, nearly 18,500 voters registered or updated their voter registration and approximately 20,000 people requested an absentee ballot. Source: Internet
Amidst all this uncertainty, Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins, is allowing anyone who has an absentee ballot to physically drop them off at one of his 11 county annex locations. Source: Internet
Among the reasons listed to request an absentee ballot are concerns “about contracting or spreading COVID-19.” Source: Internet
An absentee ballot can also be requested online through the Maine secretary of state’s office. Source: Internet