secret ballot

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Noun
  • Tracking your absentee ballot Track the status of your absentee ballot application and ballot online using the Michigan Voter Information Center.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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