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On the same day, Bellows said it was reported by a conservative blog that the woman in Newburgh had allegedly received five packets of state absentee ballots in an Amazon box.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Anyone still holding onto an absentee ballot must fill it out and turn it in by the close of polls on Tuesday.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Mail-in voting in the United States dates back to the Civil War, when several states passed laws allowing Union soldiers to cast absentee ballots from the battlefield, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
During the 2024 election cycle, OK Votes helped around 9% of the student body register to vote or request an absentee ballot.
—Jhanvi Patel, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Anyone still holding onto an absentee ballot must fill it out and turn it in by the close of polls on Tuesday.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Mail-in voting in the United States dates back to the Civil War, when several states passed laws allowing Union soldiers to cast absentee ballots from the battlefield, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
During the 2024 election cycle, OK Votes helped around 9% of the student body register to vote or request an absentee ballot.
—Jhanvi Patel, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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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 10 Nov. 2025.
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