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absentee ballot



absentee bal·lot



absentee ballot   
noun

Definition of absentee ballot

: a ballot submitted (as by mail) in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls



Recent Examples on the Web


//According to Ghibaudy, voters submitted 7,409 absentee ballots in person before Election Day.
— Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, "'Absurd' and 'ridiculous': What officials, experts say about Bevin's voter fraud claims," 7 Nov. 2019
//The judge said until state lawmakers equalize the deadlines, county officials must accept absentee ballots from jails at the 3 p.m. deadline.
— cleveland, "Democrats claim victory from Tuesday municipal elections: The Flyover," 7 Nov. 2019
//Merrill said that New Haven’s voter problems were largely a result of enormous crowds appearing at the eleventh hour due to issues with Yale University students’ absentee ballots.
— Daniela Altimari, courant.com, "Tuesday is Election Day in Connecticut. Here’s what you need to know," 4 Nov. 2019
//But the law requiring absentee ballots in federal elections to be available to overseas voters 45 days before the general election is coming into play again.
— BostonGlobe.com, "Date of 2020 Mass. primaries up in the air - The Boston Globe," 1 Oct. 2019
//Early voting begins October 7 and ends November 5, and the deadline to return absentee ballots in person is November 6.
— Stavros Agorakis, Vox, "The surge in early voting, explained," 3 Nov. 2018
//Not including absentee ballots, Bronin carried all districts except four that went to Perez.
— Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, "Incumbent Mayor Luke Bronin coasts to victory in Hartford primary," 11 Sep. 2019
//Both campaigns are closely watching the early vote numbers, especially absentee ballots returned by mail.
— NBC News, "North Carolina House race carries unlikely hangover from fraud scandal," 9 Sep. 2019
//The new indictment alleges Dowless directed people to collect absentee ballots that hadn’t been properly completed by voters.
— Washington Post, "National Digest: Walmart shooting leaves 2 dead, officer hurt," 31 July 2019


First Known Use of absentee ballot

1889, in the meaning defined above



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