Australian ballot

Definition of Australian ballotnext

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Noun
  • Even so, the council’s budget was soundly rejected at each of the five polling places as well as in the absentee ballot count.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • People who couldn’t get to the polls for whatever reason could request an absentee ballot or even request to be a permanent absentee voter.
    Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • In a strange reversal of a longstanding trend with the Academy, this year’s documentary short ballot is almost entirely domestic (which is to say, films made by or about Americans), while the feature doc category — where subtitles aren’t so common — is entirely international.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • About half a dozen poll workers said this election has been particularly slow, likely because of the short ballot and bad weather.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
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