as in absentee ballot
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On Election Day last April, 674,730 absentee ballot had been returned – nearly double this year's numbers.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
8 Apr. 2026 -
On Tuesday, the president signed an executive order mandating each state create a list of all eligible voters and restrict their approvals for absentee ballot requests to people confirmed on that list.—
Sarah Davis,
The Hill,
5 Apr. 2026
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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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