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Recent Examples of absentee ballot
Many voters have also opted to vote early or by absentee ballot.
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham announced that the Clerk’s Office will begin mailing absentee ballots for the April 1 election on March 7 to about 37,500 voters who submitted applications for permanent vote-by-mail ballots, according to the news release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Wisconsin election officials said nearly 200 absentee ballots went uncounted in last year’s election.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
At the time of the election, state election rules allowed people to vote without that information and allowed members of the military to submit absentee ballots without providing photo ID.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham announced that the Clerk’s Office will begin mailing absentee ballots for the April 1 election on March 7 to about 37,500 voters who submitted applications for permanent vote-by-mail ballots, according to the news release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Wisconsin election officials said nearly 200 absentee ballots went uncounted in last year’s election.
—Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
At the time of the election, state election rules allowed people to vote without that information and allowed members of the military to submit absentee ballots without providing photo ID.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentee ballot
short ballot
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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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“Absentee ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absentee%20ballot. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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