mailballot
nounUK /ˈmeɪlˌbælət/
US /ˈmeɪlˌbælət/
A way to vote by sending your choice in a letter instead of going to a voting place.
She requested a mailballot so she could vote from home.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A ballot paper that is sent through the postal system.
The mailballot arrived in a sealed envelope.
3. The system of voting by mail.
The state expanded mailballot access during the pandemic.
4. A vote cast remotely rather than in person.
His mailballot was counted after election day.