0 a system of voting in which people send their votes by post when they cannot be present at an election --
1 an official paper that someone who cannot be at the voting place on the day of an election can use for voting and can send in by mail --
She hired a college admissions representative who didn't even know what a primary election was and put her in charge of registration and absentee ballots.
Deadlines for requesting overseas absentee ballots varied per state.
Torres received 930 of the absentee ballots, 38.5 percent of the total and more than twice as many as any other candidate.
It alleged that the state sent absentee ballots late to service members.
One of the lastand largestsources of uncertainty had been the absentee ballots which had been improperly rejected by election officials during the original count.
Most absentee ballots are cast the day of the elections in alternate polling stations.
The race was close, with neither side claiming victory for several days after the election, as absentee ballots were tallied.
The absentee ballot was introduced as well.
