"postal vote" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: postal votes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} postal vote (plural postal votes)
  1. A vote made on an official form which is then sent through the post/mail. Wikipedia link: postal voting Synonyms: mail-in vote Related terms: postal ballot, absentee ballot Translations (vote made on an official form which is then sent through the post): brevstemme [common-gender] (Danish), postiääni (Finnish), Briefwahl [feminine] (German), levélszavazat (Hungarian), poströst [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-postal_vote-en-noun-ZnX5AoPD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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