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On Election Day last April, 674,730 absentee ballot had been returned – nearly double this year's numbers.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday, the president signed an executive order mandating each state create a list of all eligible voters and restrict their approvals for absentee ballot requests to people confirmed on that list.
—Sarah Davis, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2026
Ballot collecting has been the subject of some fraud cases, including a high-profile prosecution in North Carolina that resulted in four people pleading guilty to participating in an absentee ballot fraud scheme during the 2016 and 2018 elections.
—Connor Greene, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
State Election Board wants to get rid of absentee ballot drop boxes.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday, the president signed an executive order mandating each state create a list of all eligible voters and restrict their approvals for absentee ballot requests to people confirmed on that list.
—Sarah Davis, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2026
Ballot collecting has been the subject of some fraud cases, including a high-profile prosecution in North Carolina that resulted in four people pleading guilty to participating in an absentee ballot fraud scheme during the 2016 and 2018 elections.
—Connor Greene, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
State Election Board wants to get rid of absentee ballot drop boxes.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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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 6 Jun. 2026.
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