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During the 2024 election cycle, OK Votes helped around 9% of the student body register to vote or request an absentee ballot.
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Jhanvi Patel, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The last day to request an absentee ballot is Aug. 26 at 5pm.
—Abigail Pender, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
Voters who have previously self-described to KCEB as permanently disabled will automatically be mailed an absentee ballot.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 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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Jhanvi Patel, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The last day to request an absentee ballot is Aug. 26 at 5pm.
—Abigail Pender, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
Voters who have previously self-described to KCEB as permanently disabled will automatically be mailed an absentee ballot.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentee ballot
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 30 Sep. 2025.
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