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Among the commission's investigative findings included learning that two bags of uncounted absentee ballots likely never made it to wards to be counted and may have been added to a ballot storage cart and supply tote after being discovered.
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Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Council member Alfredo Castillo is facing five counts of misrepresenting eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot and five counts of being present when an absentee ballot applicant executes an absentee ballot and eight counts of possession of ballots and envelopes.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Americans in Israel can vote by absentee ballot and those registered for state and local elections are eligible to participate.
—Felice Friedson, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Two Hamtramck councilmen have been charged by a county prosecutor with election and absentee ballot fraud in 2023.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2021
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Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Council member Alfredo Castillo is facing five counts of misrepresenting eligibility requirements for voting by absentee ballot and five counts of being present when an absentee ballot applicant executes an absentee ballot and eight counts of possession of ballots and envelopes.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Americans in Israel can vote by absentee ballot and those registered for state and local elections are eligible to participate.
—Felice Friedson, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Two Hamtramck councilmen have been charged by a county prosecutor with election and absentee ballot fraud in 2023.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2021
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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