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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Price said ballots needing to be remade could include overseas ballots that aren't submitted on ballots readable to the county's voting equipment, absentee ballots that may have been folded for mailing or ballots that are unreadable by the voting machines for other reasons.
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Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
They will be required to start recording the boxes on the first day absentee ballots are issued for an election or primary and continue recording until the town clerk retrieves the last ballots.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
The bill added new voter identification requirements, put restrictions on ballot drop boxes and absentee ballots, and expanded the window for early voting, among other changes.
—Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
Polls in Wisconsin closed Tuesday at 8 p.m., which is also the deadline to get absentee ballots to municipal clerks.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
They will be required to start recording the boxes on the first day absentee ballots are issued for an election or primary and continue recording until the town clerk retrieves the last ballots.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
The bill added new voter identification requirements, put restrictions on ballot drop boxes and absentee ballots, and expanded the window for early voting, among other changes.
—Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
Polls in Wisconsin closed Tuesday at 8 p.m., which is also the deadline to get absentee ballots to municipal clerks.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Absentee ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absentee%20ballot. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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