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Geter-Pataky, the vice chair of the city’s Democratic Town Committee, is facing 92 separate criminal charges, including conspiracy to take possession of multiple voters’ absentee ballots.
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Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
In recent elections, Michigan voters have given every voter the right to vote by an absentee ballot and established a new early voting system.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
The commission already issued reminders to clerks about best practices for absentee ballots ahead of the April 1, 2025, election, which included a state Supreme Court race.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
His ask targets voters who don’t have a Social Security number or driver’s license number attached to their registration records; military and overseas voters who cast absentee ballots without providing a voter ID, and adult children of state residents who live abroad.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
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Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
In recent elections, Michigan voters have given every voter the right to vote by an absentee ballot and established a new early voting system.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
The commission already issued reminders to clerks about best practices for absentee ballots ahead of the April 1, 2025, election, which included a state Supreme Court race.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
His ask targets voters who don’t have a Social Security number or driver’s license number attached to their registration records; military and overseas voters who cast absentee ballots without providing a voter ID, and adult children of state residents who live abroad.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 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 Aug. 2025.
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