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At the time of the election, state election rules allowed people to vote without that information and allowed members of the military to submit absentee ballots without providing photo ID.
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Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
The overall number of absentee ballots returned by mail or cast in person is up 54%, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Many states count mail-in or absentee ballots as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
Almost 200 absentee ballots in Madison went uncounted during the November election, the Madison Clerk's Office announced Thursday.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
The overall number of absentee ballots returned by mail or cast in person is up 54%, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Many states count mail-in or absentee ballots as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
Almost 200 absentee ballots in Madison went uncounted during the November election, the Madison Clerk's Office announced Thursday.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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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 28 May. 2025.
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