单词 | absentee ballot |
释义 | > as lemmasabsentee ballot absentee ballot n. North American a ballot used for absentee voting, typically submitted through the post; a postal vote or ballot; cf. absentee vote at sense B. 2. ΚΠ 1917 Chicago Tribune 27 Oct. 7/2 [Officials] visited Camp Grant today and completed arrangements for supplying Chicago men who cannot return to vote on Nov. 6 with absentee ballots. 1936 Daily Mirror 4 Nov. 32 The men became ill last week, cast absentee ballots, then died. 1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 18 Mar. 25/7 A voter who expects to be away from his home riding at the time of an election should vote in that riding by absentee ballot. 2003 H. S. Thompson Kingdom of Fear ii. 83 Only a last-minute fraud with the absentee ballots..prevented a 29-year-old bike-racing freak from becoming mayor of Aspen. < as lemmas |
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