Thesaurus results for SHORT BALLOT

short ballot

noun

as in secret ballot

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Recent Examples of short ballot 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 On Tuesday, a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge ruled that Metro did not have to mention in its official short ballot explanation that the payroll tax is not temporary. —

oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2020

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absentee ballot

Noun

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