absentee vote
Mailed-in choice
An absentee vote is a ballot cast by someone who cannot be present at their designated polling place on election day.
Voters may request absentee ballots due to illness, disability, travel, military service, or distance from home: She submitted her absentee vote two weeks before the election.
The term is sometimes used interchangeably with mail-in vote, though procedures vary by jurisdiction.
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- drop boxSecured collection container
- provisional ballotVote requiring later verification
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- election dayScheduled voting occasion
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