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

Even so, the council’s budget was soundly rejected at each of the five polling places as well as in the absentee ballot count.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
People who couldn’t get to the polls for whatever reason could request an absentee ballot or even request to be a permanent absentee voter.

— Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 3 June 2026