| 词汇 | postal-ballot |
| 释义 | postal ballot noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈpəʊ.stəl ˌbæl.ət/ us /ˈpoʊ.stəl ˌbæl.ət/(USabsentee ballot) a system of voting in which people send their votes by post when they cannot be present 邮寄式投票 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop postal ballot | Business Englishpostal ballot noun[ C ] COMMUNICATIONS UKukus(USabsentee ballot) a system of voting in which people send their votes by mail: In a secret postal ballot, union members voted for strike action. The state is required to start distributing absentee ballots bound for overseas 30 days before the election. Examples of postal ballotpostal ballot I should like to raise a point with regard to the issue of postalballot papers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of a postalballot sometimes deters a trade union from introducing a postalballot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We intend to simplify the rules governing the issue and return of postalballot papers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see no reason why we cannot have all postalballot elections, although we must safeguard against fraud and cheating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A free postalballot would save it £20,000 a year, a small expenditure to ensure democracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They might best be elected by postalballot of all parents having children at the school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if he did, he would have to convince the chairman that it was desirable to organise a postalballot for election to the board. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those people can be paid the cost of using a postalballot, should they wish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Information on the number of postalballot papers returned after the close of the poll is not collected centrally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is unreasonable about giving trade union members a right to a postalballot before they are called out on strike? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This will now require the confirmation by a two-thirds majority of those voting in a postalballot of chartered engineers on the register. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those circumstances, a postalballot may be extremely difficult to implement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Information on spoilt postalballot papers is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is in the main an elected body by the whole body of nurses and by postalballot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one is deprived of such a vote—every single elector in his constituency, if they wish to do so, can vote by a postalballot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of postal ballot These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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