as in absentee ballot
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Nearly a year after Wausau Mayor Doug Diny's removal of the city's sole absentee ballot drop box located outside of city hall, investigations into the drop box, its removal and return continue.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
One of the biggest challenges for counties is lining up vendors to print enough ballots – including one absentee ballot for every registered voter in the state, as well as a sufficient number to keep onsite for on-site voting at polling stations.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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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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