absentee ballot

noun
the ballot used for an absentee vote.

Origin:
1930–35, Americanism

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absentee ballot

noun
(election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day) 
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Absentee ballot is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
The issuance of an absentee ballot is a two-step process.
Homebound elderly and disabled people who could vote by absentee ballot in primaries can't participate in caucuses.
Faxed absentee ballot requests should be submitted to the appropriate local election authority.
No absentee ballot application may be mailed in the same envelope as another voter's absentee ballot application.
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