absentee

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But state party chair Rich Anderson said in a statement that the new program would help assure voters that voting absentee by mail or early in person is “easy, secure, and necessary.”

From Seattle Times

It also aims to make an example of Washington, D.C. voter laws by ending the district’s policy of allowing non-citizens to vote for local offices and prohibiting election officials from sending unrequested absentee ballots.

From Seattle Times

John and Francis Grant worked as attorneys, managing plantations for absentee landowners.

From BBC

The state is generous with its absentee policy, allowing anyone to request a mailed ballot without having to give a reason.

From Washington Times

Kema Christian-Coates’s childhood was filled with “holiday men,” absentee fathers — including her own — who returned each year around Christmas only to disappear again.

From New York Times