postal voting system
nounUK /ˈpəʊstəl ˈvəʊtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
US /ˈpoʊstəl ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
A way to vote by sending your choice in the mail instead of going to a polling place.
The postal voting system lets people who are sick or away from home still cast their vote.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The set of rules and procedures a government uses to collect and count votes sent by mail.
The new postal voting system requires ballots to arrive before election day.
3. A service that delivers election ballots to voters' homes and back to election officials.
The postal voting system handled millions of envelopes during the pandemic.
4. A method of choosing leaders or deciding issues where the mail carries the votes.
Some countries rely on a postal voting system for citizens living abroad.