這兩天被這些詞搞得有點迷糊，所以查了一下。總結如下：
A ballot （選票） is the physical form (or electronic voting machine equivalent) that a voter fills out; it lists the candidates, issues, and so on that a person votes on.
Absentee, here, refers to a person who, for various reasons, can't physically be present at a voting center/location on Election Day. 由於某種原因無法到選舉現場（站）進行投票的人。
An absentee ballot is a ballot used to cast an absentee vote, which is submitted, usually by mail, by an absentee. 由於某種原因無法到選舉現場（站）進行投票的人的選票 - 暫且叫“不到場選票”。
A mail-in ballot is used more broadly to refer to ballots sent through the mail, including in all-mail voting states and some forms of absentee voting. 通過郵寄方式遞送的選票 - 暫且叫“郵寄選票”。
All absentee ballots are sent through the mail (or very occasionally fax), but not all ballots sent through the mail are absentee ballots. “不到場選票”基本都是“郵寄選票”，也偶爾有可能是通過傳真遞送”傳真選票“。但不是所有的“郵寄選票”都是“不到場選票”。有些州，比如Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Hawaii已經實行郵寄投票，大部分居民自動收到郵寄的選票。但是，在這些州有些居民在他們所注冊的郵寄地址收不到選票，譬如臨時在國外等原因，因而他們需要索要選票以仍然以該州居民投票，這樣隻有他們的選票才能被稱為是“不到場選票”。
“不到場選票”和“郵寄選票”，一個是基於投票人（能不能到場投票的）狀態，一個是基於傳遞的方式。不能到場呢，那就通常都要郵寄或傳真。但郵寄並不是你一定不能到場。
原文：https://www.dictionary.com/e/absentee-ballot-vs-mail-in-ballot/
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