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The Georgia law, among other things, required a photo ID to vote absentee by mail, cut the period to request an absentee ballot and placed limits on ballot drop boxes.
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Key Facts Citing voting records from the Chicago suburb of Will County and other private voter data from pollsters, the New York Times and CBS News reported that the new pope voted most recently in the U.S. election in 2024 by casting an absentee ballot.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Other portions of the executive order are still being litigated, including a provision that withholds federal funds from states that count mail and absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but are received by election officials afterwards.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Voters who want to apply for a permanent absentee ballot can fill out an application on paper or online, the release said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Key Facts Citing voting records from the Chicago suburb of Will County and other private voter data from pollsters, the New York Times and CBS News reported that the new pope voted most recently in the U.S. election in 2024 by casting an absentee ballot.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Other portions of the executive order are still being litigated, including a provision that withholds federal funds from states that count mail and absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but are received by election officials afterwards.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Voters who want to apply for a permanent absentee ballot can fill out an application on paper or online, the release said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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short ballot
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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
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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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“Absentee ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentee%20ballot. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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