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Meaning of "absentee vote" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABSENTEE VOTE

absentee vote  [ˌæbsənˈtiː vəʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABSENTEE VOTE

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Absentee vote is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABSENTEE VOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Absentee ballot

An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station or to which the voter is normally allocated. Numerous methods have been devised to facilitate this. Increasing the ease of access to absentee ballots is seen by many as one way to improve voter turnout, though some countries require that a valid reason, such as infirmity or travel, be given before a voter can participate in an absentee ballot.

Definition of absentee vote in the English dictionary

The definition of absentee vote in the dictionary is in US elections, an absentee vote is a vote cast in advance by a voter who will be unable to go to the polling place on polling day.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABSENTEE VOTE


boat
bəʊt
coat
kəʊt
cote
kəʊt
cross-vote
ˌkrɒsˈvəʊt
devote
dɪˈvəʊt
float
fləʊt
houseboat
ˈhaʊsˌbəʊt
note
nəʊt
outvote
ˌaʊtˈvəʊt
overvote
ˌəʊvəˈvəʊt
predevote
ˌpriːdɪˈvəʊt
promote
prəˈməʊt
quote
kwəʊt
remote
rɪˈməʊt
revote
ˌriːˈvəʊt
throat
θrəʊt
tote
təʊt
undervote
ˈʌndəˌvəʊt
vote
vəʊt
wrote
rəʊt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABSENTEE VOTE

abseiling
absence
absence of mind
absent
absent without leave
absent-minded
absent-mindedly
absent-mindedness
absente reo
absentee
absentee ballot
absentee landlord
absentee rate
absentee voter
absentee voting
absenteeism
absenter
absentia
absently
absey

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABSENTEE VOTE

block vote
card vote
casting vote
composite vote
confidence vote
donkey vote
electoral vote
faggot vote
floating vote
free vote
grey vote
informal vote
popular vote
postal vote
protest vote
proxy vote
straw vote
swing vote
token vote
transferable vote
voice vote

Synonyms and antonyms of absentee vote in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «absentee vote» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABSENTEE VOTE

Find out the translation of absentee vote to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of absentee vote from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «absentee vote» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不在场投票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el voto del ausente
570 millions of speakers

English

absentee vote
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुपस्थित मतदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التصويت الغيابي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заочное голосование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voto de ausente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুপস্থিত ভোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vote par correspondance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Undi hadirin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Briefwahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不在者投票
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부재자 투표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Absen voting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vắng mặt bỏ phiếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாக்களிக்காத வாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुपस्थित मत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

posta ile kullanılan oy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assente voto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głosowanie korespondencyjnego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заочне голосування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru drept de vot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απόντων ψήφου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afwesige stemme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frånvarande röst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fraværende stemme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of absentee vote

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSENTEE VOTE»

The term «absentee vote» is used very little and occupies the 156.942 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSENTEE VOTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about absentee vote

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSENTEE VOTE»

Discover the use of absentee vote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to absentee vote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation
The absentee vote is thus gained when a potential candidate can obtain the support of local family leaders or is able to persuade nonlocal residents through mailings, newspaper ads in the Delaware Indian News, or online campaigning.
Brice Obermeyer, 2009
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The Resolution of Election Disputes: Legal Principles that ...
L. Weekly S149 (Cite as: 707 So.2d 720) lated by the elections supervisor's staff and certified by the canvassing board, Beckstrom received 52 percent of the precinct vote but just 40 percent of the absentee vote. According to the re-count, ...
Barry H. Weinberg, 2008
3
Waiting for the Cemetery Vote
Tim Womack was declared the winner by seven votes, but without a heavy absentee vote he would have lost by nearly four hundred votes. Shortly before the election, Phillip Foster, the other candidate, complained to the Ouachita County ...
Tom Glaze, Ernest Dumas, 2011
4
Elections A-Z
And the number of early voters has grown so significantly that candidates are increasingly adapting their CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES to them. Since 1980 the absentee vote in presidential elections has amounted to almost 10 percent of the total.
John Moore, 2013
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Learning by Voting: Sequential Choices in Presidential ...
Caldeira and Patterson report: It is said, for instance, that Franklin D. Roosevelt lost the 1944 election in New Jersey on election day, but that his support was so great in the absentee vote of soldiers that the electoral vote of that state went to ...
Rebecca B. Morton, Kenneth C. Williams, 2000
6
Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
Murray Edelman, the editorial director of VNS, admitted to his board on November 14, “The biggest problem in the model is that we did not correctly anticipate the impact of the absentee vote." Democrats might do better to look for ways to ...
John Fund, 2013
7
Electing the President, 2000: The Insiders' View
... they had been in 1998. In 1998. about 8 percent of the vote was cast absentee in Florida, and that was built into the model. In Florida, traditionally, the absentee vote is much more Republican than the vote at the precincts on Election Day.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Paul Waldman, 2001
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Understanding the 2000 Election: A Guide to the Legal ...
The other case involved an election for mayor of the City of Miami.12 Joe Carollo won the machine vote, but Xavier Suarez surged ahead on the absentee vote and took the oath of office as mayor. A few months later, however, a trial court ...
Abner Greene, 2005
9
Who's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your ...
The court called it "a 'textbook' example of the chicanery that can attend the absentee vote cast by mail."g The typical absentee-ballot fraud follows this methodology: 1. The fraud begins with the conspirator filing an application requesting an ...
John Fund, John H. Fund, Hans Von Spakovsky, 2013
10
Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and ...
The proposal would not extend the absentee vote to dual-national Mexicans who have become U.S. citizens. Absentee balloting is controversial largely because of the widespread perception that absentee votes would favor some parties over ...
Nicholas John Cull, David Carrasco, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSENTEE VOTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term absentee vote is used in the context of the following news items.
1
200000 Taiwanese living in China to come home to vote
Taiwan does not have an absentee vote. A constitutional amendment proposal to introduce that was nixed because of discord between the ... «WantChinaTimes, Jun 15»
2
Riemenschneider wins Auburn council special election
There were 22 people who voted early at the Barrow County Board of Elections and Registration Office in Winder or cast an absentee vote. «Barrow County News, Jun 15»
3
Auburn set to choose council member
There were 21 people who voted early at the Barrow County Board of Elections and Registration Office in Winder or cast an absentee vote. «Barrow County News, Jun 15»
4
Appeals court upholds decision to toss results of 2014 judge …
An absentee vote well over 5 percent of the total can be an indication of fraud. Montgomery sued, alleging vote buying by Hardin and improper ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jun 15»
5
Voting Is Your Right And Duty
... a city election in Yankton a few years ago due to a late scheduling conflict that sent me out of town and it was too late to absentee vote. «Vermillion Plain Talk, Jun 15»
6
City Council declares election results official
One was an absentee vote with some differences between the signature on the absentee ballot application and the return envelope. Another ... «Jamestown Sun, Jun 15»
7
Absentee vote in June 2 runoff election for 1st Congressional District …
TUPELO, Mississippi — North Mississippi residents have until Saturday to cast an absentee ballot in the upcoming June 2 runoff election for the ... «The Tribune, May 15»
8
Challenged absentee votes may lead to civil rights investigation
Jeffrey Birge sits with his son Joxian Birge, 1, while speaking about his absentee vote being questioned in the Cahokia mayorial election. «Belleville News-Democrat, May 15»
9
No-excuse absentee ballot legislation introduced
Under the current provision, he said people lie if they can't qualify for an absentee vote. "We do we make people lie?" he said. "That's just dumb ... «The News Journal, Apr 15»
10
Brown: Vote counting continues as candidates anxiously await results
I asked Garza's campaign manager, Carl Camacho, if he was going to be on guard during the absentee vote count. “We're always on guard. «Chicago Sun-Times - Breaking News, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Absentee vote [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/absentee-vote>. May 2024 ».
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