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Meaning of "postal vote" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTAL VOTE

postal vote  [ˈpəʊstəl vəʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTAL VOTE

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postal 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 POSTAL VOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

postal vote

Postal voting

Postal voting describes the method of voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed or returned by post to electors, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. It is of benefit to people who may not be able to attend a polling station in person, either through a physical disability or absence from the locality. This method of voting is available to voters upon application in statutory elections in many democratic nations. On the other hand, concerns about postal voting have been raised as to whether it complies with the requirements of a secret ballot, in that people cast their vote outside the security of a polling station, and whether voters can cast their vote privately free from another person's coercion. There have been cases of electoral fraud with postal votes in the United Kingdom.

Definition of postal vote in the English dictionary

The definition of postal vote in the dictionary is a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post. Other definition of postal vote is voting by post.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTAL 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 POSTAL VOTE

postage costs
postage due stamp
postage meter
postage paid
postage rates
postage stamp
postal
postal card
postal code
postal meter
postal note
postal order
postally
postamputation
postanal
postapocalyptic
postarrest
postatomic
postattack
postaxial

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTAL VOTE

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
protest vote
proxy vote
straw vote
swing vote
token vote
transferable vote
voice vote

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postal vote» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTAL VOTE

Find out the translation of postal vote to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of postal 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 «postal vote» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

邮寄投票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voto por correo
570 millions of speakers

English

postal vote
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोस्टल वोट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التصويت البريدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

голосование по почте
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voto por correspondência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডাক ভোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vote par correspondance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Undi pos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Briefwahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

郵便投票
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우편 투표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Undhang pos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bỏ phiếu bưu chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தபால் வாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टल मत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Posta oyunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voto per corrispondenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głosowanie korespondencyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

голосування поштою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vot prin corespondență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιστολική ψήφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

posstem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poströstning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postal stemme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postal vote

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTAL VOTE»

The term «postal vote» is normally little used and occupies the 119.816 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTAL VOTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «postal vote» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «postal vote» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTAL VOTE»

Discover the use of postal vote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postal vote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected ...
Where an application is received after 4 p.m. on the day preceding the first day of the polling period in the electorate for which the elector is enrolled, a returning officer shall not post to the elector a postal vote certificate or postal ballot paper.
Carl Dundas, 1998
2
Thinking Spanish Translation: A Course in Translation ...
aooutnzyvote. co. uk Tne Electoral Commission Please note tnat tne deadline for applying for a loostal Vote for t/ze 3 May elections nus now passed However, you can still apply to nave a postal Vote in fixture elections. Wno can apply for a ...
Louise Haywood, Michael Thompson, Sándor Hervey, 2013
3
Understanding Democracy: Economic and Political Perspectives
The postal vote had been increasing, reaching a peak in 1980, whereas during the 1980s, the postal vote declined simultaneously with the decline in aggregate turnout: In other words, postal vote has not balanced the decline of political ...
Albert Breton, 1997
4
Proceedings: Thirty-Fourth Annual Convention of Rotary ...
That Section (b) of Article X be amended by inserting the words ("or by postal- vote") after the words an "Annual Conference." IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that By-law II of R.I.B.L be amended as follows: Clause 1. (a) by inserting the words " or if ...
Rotary International
5
Government response to pre-legislative scrutiny and public ...
The use of data matching to passport individuals across to the new register will mean that a number of current postal voters will be able to retain their postal vote in the 20 I 5 General Election. Others who are not automatically added to the new  ...
Great Britain: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2012
6
Directions in Australian Electoral Reform: Professionalism ...
officials have confidence that a postal vote has been cast by the person stated on the accompanying application forms (and has that person had a legitimate reason for applying for the postal vote)? Finally, because of the ability for political  ...
Norm Kelly, 2012
7
Mauritius Company Laws and Regulations Handbook
Postal votes (a) A shareholder may exercise the right to vote at a meeting by casting a postal vote in accordance with this paragraph. (b) The notice of a meeting at which shareholders are entitled to cast a postal vote shall state the name of the ...
Usa Ibp Usa, 2009
8
Electoral Systems and Voting Procedures at Local Level: Report
Postal balloting has been very successful in Scandinavia; in Norway, the postal vote is an alternative to early voting (around 20 per cent of voters vote by this method); in Sweden and Finland, postal ballots account for almost 40 per cent of  ...
‎1999
9
Shackleton on the Law and Practice of Meetings
Here, the general meeting can be allowed to proceed and vote (on a show of hands) after full debate and the airing of divergent views. The resolution can then be the subject of a motion to proceed to postal vote, for which a prescribed majority ...
Frank Shackleton, Madeleine Cordes, 2011
10
Electoral Administration Act 2006: Elizabeth II
(2) After rule 31 (notification of requirement of secrecy) insert — "Return of postal ballot papers 31 A (1) Where - (a) a postal vote has been returned in respect of a person who is entered on the postal voters list, or (b) a proxy postal vote has ...
Great Britain, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTAL VOTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postal vote is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nearly 60000 postal vote applications rejected
At least 60,000 postal voting applications sent by State employees and Defence personnel have been rejected on the grounds of giving false ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
2
Vote to elect new community council
Six candidates have put their names forward for Portknockie Community Council, and postal vote packs will be sent to around 1,000 registered ... «The Northern Scot, Jul 15»
3
Distirubtion of Postal Ballot Papers in Anuradhapura begins
Out of 50,328 postal vote applications, 5,839 applications have been rejected, the Anuradhapura District's Returning Officer D.P.G.Kumarasiri said. Accordingly ... «The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
4
Sutton Coldfield residents say 'yes' to creating own town council
A postal vote which closed last Thursday (July 16) saw 39.6 per cent of the Royal town's population have their say on the proposals, with ... «Sutton Coldfield Observer, Jul 15»
5
The Growth of Early Voting at NSW Elections 1984 to 2015
With so many sitting members able to contact voters about arranging postal votes, it is not surprising there is a big Liberal lean in the postal vote ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
6
2082 Gympie mayoral by-election non-voters face bigger fine for not …
"The first time that we've had a postal vote for a mayoral election and certainly a by-election, so ... the feedback we're getting is that there was ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
7
E-postal vote facility for service voters, partners
New Delhi: Service voters in the military and paramilitary organisations as well as their partners will be allowed to vote through electronic postal ... «onmanorama, Jul 15»
8
'I was denied the right to vote,' claims Luton South constituent
An accountant has claimed that he is still looking for answers more than two months after a suspected postal vote fraud allegedly denied him ... «Luton Today, Jul 15»
9
Oxfordshire council blames adopting new system for postal vote error
Adopting a new computer system led to postal votes not being sent out ahead of the election, a report has found. The report said staff were ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
10
British expats say postal vote delays have disenfranchised them
Election staff at Bury town hall open and process the postal votes for the marginal Bury North constituency. Counting will take place after the ... «The Guardian, May 15»

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