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Almost 200 absentee ballots in Madison went uncounted during the November election, the Madison Clerk's Office announced Thursday.
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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Witzel-Behl’s office found another 125 uncounted absentee ballots in a sealed courier bag in a supply tote on Dec. 2.
—Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
But her attorney, John Kennelly, said his client never advised Joyce or anyone else to pick up a voter’s absentee ballot.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham announced his office began mailing absentee ballots for the on March 7 to about 37,500 voters who submitted applications for permanent vote-by-mail ballots, according to the news release.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Witzel-Behl’s office found another 125 uncounted absentee ballots in a sealed courier bag in a supply tote on Dec. 2.
—Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
But her attorney, John Kennelly, said his client never advised Joyce or anyone else to pick up a voter’s absentee ballot.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham announced his office began mailing absentee ballots for the on March 7 to about 37,500 voters who submitted applications for permanent vote-by-mail ballots, according to the news release.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentee 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 7 May. 2025.
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