absentee votenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈvəʊt/us/ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈvoʊt/Australian Englisha system of voting in which people send their votes by post when they cannot be present at an election
a piece of paper on which people mark their votes and then send them by post when they cannot be present at an election
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- ballot
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- hat
- nominate
- rigging
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- spoil
- stump
- vote of confidence
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