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mail

[meyl] / meɪl /
NOUN
written correspondence; system for sending correspondence
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VERB
send through the postal system
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In 2024, California counted more than 406,000 late-arriving mail ballots, but they represented only about 2.5% of the statewide total.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Elections can take days, and sometimes weeks, to be called in California because most voters cast their ballots by mail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Do you really think this is about a slow count of mail votes?

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Colorado’s primary is June 30, though mail ballots start going out to voters today.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

I dumped the mail onto the counter without a second glance, but sticking out from underneath the bills and catalogues is the corner of another postcard.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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