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These decisions have significantly affected the availability of polling places, early voting, absentee ballot eligibility, and even the provision of food and water to voters waiting in lines for hours to vote, likely due to limitations mentioned above.
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JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. the second Tuesday before Election Day.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 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
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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JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. the second Tuesday before Election Day.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 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
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 12 Nov. 2025.
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