absentee
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Some 30 states allow absentee ballots received after election day to be counted.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
California sends every registered voter an absentee ballot a month ahead of the election.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Approximately 42,000 voters had already cast absentee ballots with those races on them.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
He wrote in his autobiography that they had split because she had "enough of the absentee husband, enough of the selfishness and the black moods".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Its residents’ struggle to maintain their dignity despite absentee landlords and poor city services was intense and ongoing.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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Government by the People, Sections 4–7
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