absentee
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Soffin left the Senate race blank on her absentee ballot, and she stood by that.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
With between 430,000 and 480,000 absentee ballots from soldiers and diplomats yet to be counted, it could still take a day or two for the final election results to emerge.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Allen went on to lose the final frame against eventual champion Wu and has since been a notable absentee from the World Snooker Tour circuit.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Was it excessive for Jews to buy land, at fair or often inflated prices, from absentee landlords in Beirut and Damascus who were glad to sell malarial swamps?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
People in prison vote either in their correctional facilities or by some version of absentee ballot in their town of previous residence.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Government by the People, Sections 4–7
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