Meanings
nounvote-by-mail (uncountable)
- attributivesometimesuncountableA system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail
In Oregon, elections are conducted using vote-by-mail.
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You must send your vote-by-mail ballot by Friday for it to arrive in the election office in time to be counted.
Synonyms: VBM, mail-in voting, postal voting
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail
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