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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Two other councilmen, who were not on Tuesday's ballot, were recently charged for alleged absentee ballot fraud.
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Over 11,000 ballots of the nearly 52,000 vote-by-mail and absentee ballots had been returned heading into the weekend, according to the City tally.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
But that’s because there were more than 130,000 absentee ballots that still needed to be counted, according to Buffalo Toronto Public Media.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
In the years since the 2022 race, Toney was also appointed special prosecutor in an investigation of Wausau Mayor Doug Diny's removal of an absentee ballot drop box.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Over 11,000 ballots of the nearly 52,000 vote-by-mail and absentee ballots had been returned heading into the weekend, according to the City tally.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
But that’s because there were more than 130,000 absentee ballots that still needed to be counted, according to Buffalo Toronto Public Media.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
In the years since the 2022 race, Toney was also appointed special prosecutor in an investigation of Wausau Mayor Doug Diny's removal of an absentee ballot drop box.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Absentee ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee%20ballot. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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