absentee vote
noun US & Australian English uk/ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈvəʊt/ us/ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈvoʊt/
[ C ]（无法到达选举现场的人通过邮寄方式所投的）缺席选票，邮寄式选票
a vote sent by post or by using the internet, rather than by a person physically attending an election
With overseas absentee votes counted, he was in the lead.
Synonym: absentee ballot
Compare: postal vote
[ C ]（无法到达选举现场的人通过邮寄方式进行的）缺席投票制，邮寄式投票制
a system of voting in which people send their votes by post or by using the internet, rather than physically attending an election
He asked lawmakers to facilitate an absentee vote.
Synonym: absentee ballot
Compare: postal vote
Compare: postal ballot
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- With the absentee votes in California and Washington finally counted, it appears that overall turnout was up 12 percent.
- Nichols received 52 percent of the 16,300 absentee votes counted yesterday.
- She has cut her opponent's lead in the mayoral race by a third, according to the latest tally of absentee votes.
- He referred to the controversial disqualification of military absentee votes in Florida.
- Some worry that an absentee vote would be vulnerable to fraud.