absentee ballot

English

Noun

absentee ballot (plural absentee ballots)

1. (US) A vote made remotely, especially a postal vote, cast by a voter unable to be present in person.
   • 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

Translations

postal vote

• Dutch: schriftelijke stem m, stemper brief m

References

• OED 2006
• “absentee ballot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.