absentee voter
noun [ C ] US uk/ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈvəʊ.tər/ us/ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈvoʊ.t̬ɚ/
缺席选民
someone who sends their vote by post or by using the internet, rather than being physically present to vote at an election
His campaign courted absentee voters - the growing segment who vote by mail instead of at the polls. 他的竞选活动吸引了缺席选民——越来越多的人通过邮寄而不是亲临票站来投票。
Compare: postal voterproxy voter
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- Many absentee voters would have already cast their ballots prior to the revelations about the candidate.
- Election clerks in many counties report an increase in absentee voters.
- Their computer model did not sufficiently account for the early voters and the absentee voters.
- His campaign locked up many votes early with a substantial absentee voter campaign.