absentee ballot
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌæb.sənˈtiː ˈbæl.ət/
- US
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voto por correo
- The two winners actually received fewer election-day votes than their opponents, but the 800 military absentee ballots delivered the victory.
- military absentee ballot
So they said, well, look, we really ought to extend the ID requirement to absentee ballots, made it extraordinarily easy to comply.
- So they said, well, look, we really ought to extend the ID requirement to absentee ballots, made it extraordinarily easy to comply.
Examples
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But registered voters may also request absentee ballots in person, up to and including on Election Day.
Blog text (6) -
Voters can go to their county Supervisor of Elections office to cast their absentee ballot in person.
Blog text (1) -
You can get them to give you an absentee ballot if necessary.
Fiction book (1990) -
I told him I had already sent in my absentee ballot.
Blog text (6) -
Charles filled out my absentee ballot.
Fiction book (1999) -
There is enough time to mail the absentee ballots out to them.
Blog text (5) -
As soon as the absentee ballots have been tallied, we should have the result.
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As expected, the absentee ballots heavily favored senator jarmon.
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I gave our battalion adjutant (1LT Paul Lamarche) my absentee ballot to send in.
Blog text (5) -
Before the election, she requested an absentee ballot so she could vote by mail.
Synonyms
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1.0
The number of people who choose one option in an election or poll
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2.2
A paper that lists choices for voters to mark
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ballot cast by someone who is absent' is directly derivable from combining 'absentee' (an individual who is absent) with 'ballot' (voting paper). This noun–noun compound follows a common, compositional pattern in English (and has clear equivalents across languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to understand it.
Etymology
Absentee ballot comes from the simple idea of voting while you are absentee, away from the polling place. Long ago, people such as soldiers or travelers would mail their paper ballot when they could not go to the polls, so the phrase now means 'a vote sent by someone who cannot be at the polling place'.