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Recent Examples of absentee ballot
The records from the 2023 primary show Melendez helped at least 230 people fill out applications for absentee ballots.
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Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
In recent elections, the state's absentee ballot counting system and increasingly tight voter margins has pushed presidential race calls into the next day.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell ruled in June that disabled people should be allowed to have absentee ballots emailed to them, a privilege currently available only to military and overseas voters.
—Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
There are no credible news reports about widespread issues with absentee ballots being provided to members of the military.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
In recent elections, the state's absentee ballot counting system and increasingly tight voter margins has pushed presidential race calls into the next day.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell ruled in June that disabled people should be allowed to have absentee ballots emailed to them, a privilege currently available only to military and overseas voters.
—Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
There are no credible news reports about widespread issues with absentee ballots being provided to members of the military.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absentee 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 2 May. 2025.
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