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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Heilmann pointed out that last year Alfredo Castillo, a sitting city councilman in Bridgeport, was arrested for the fourth time and accused of absentee ballot fraud in three separate election cycles.
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
However, the report did not discourage the use of mail-in and absentee ballots.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
There's an option to receive absentee ballots for all elections in the calendar year.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The agents confiscated copies of all physical ballots from the 2020 general election, including in-person and absentee ballots, as well as all tabulator tapes for every voting machine used in the county, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
However, the report did not discourage the use of mail-in and absentee ballots.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
There's an option to receive absentee ballots for all elections in the calendar year.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The agents confiscated copies of all physical ballots from the 2020 general election, including in-person and absentee ballots, as well as all tabulator tapes for every voting machine used in the county, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Absentee ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee%20ballot. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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