absentee ballot

Noun

Meaning

(election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day)

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Synonyms

vote ballot proxy postal vote absentee vote short ballot postal ballot proxy voting absentee voting blanket ballot absentee polling vote by mail-in ballots postal voting voting at different polling station absentee ballot form
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Antonyms

usual election voting personally going to polling location going to polling station voting in person going to polling place
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Hypernyms

ballot

Examples

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. 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

Close letter words and terms

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