absentee ballot

plural absentee ballots

1. USA vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.

   In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.

   2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN

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   Studies also show that absentee ballots cast by voters who are younger or from racial and ethnic minority groups are rejected at higher rates than other absentee ballots.

   2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN