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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Some of the biggest ongoing cases target how absentee ballots are processed and who should be removed from voter rolls.
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USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Mail-in or absentee ballots must have been requested by April 16 and returned to the county Board of Elections by 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
—Abc News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
During the 2020 primary and general elections, federal prosecutors said, Taylor filled out voter registrations and absentee ballots for members of the Vietnamese community under the guise of offering translation help.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The county still has 98 provisional and 45 absentee ballots to count, Jordan said.
—Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2024
Early voting starts on March 19, and absentee ballots are already rolling in.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
House Bill 4128, which would ban firearm possession at absentee ballot counting locations and within 100 feet of their entrances, includes an exception for uniformed law enforcement officers on duty.
—Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
All other voters must receive absentee ballots by mail and return them by mail, or to their local election clerk.
—Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Your county election office must receive your application for an absentee ballot no later than 12 days before the election.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Mail-in or absentee ballots must have been requested by April 16 and returned to the county Board of Elections by 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
—Abc News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
During the 2020 primary and general elections, federal prosecutors said, Taylor filled out voter registrations and absentee ballots for members of the Vietnamese community under the guise of offering translation help.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The county still has 98 provisional and 45 absentee ballots to count, Jordan said.
—Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2024
Early voting starts on March 19, and absentee ballots are already rolling in.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
House Bill 4128, which would ban firearm possession at absentee ballot counting locations and within 100 feet of their entrances, includes an exception for uniformed law enforcement officers on duty.
—Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
All other voters must receive absentee ballots by mail and return them by mail, or to their local election clerk.
—Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Your county election office must receive your application for an absentee ballot no later than 12 days before the election.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
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