postal vote
noun
UKuk/ˈpəʊ.stəl ˌvəʊt/us/ˈpoʊ.stəl ˌvoʊt/[C]
avotesentbypost,ratherthan avoteby apersonphysicallyattendingapollingstation,meeting, etc.:
邮寄投票Whether hewinswill bedecidedbycountingpostalvotesin the next fewdays.他是否获胜还要看接下来几天里邮寄选票的统计结果。
Convicts cannotvote, while unconvicted (remand)prisonerscan use apostalvote.定罪者没有选举权，而未定罪的（在押）囚犯可以通过邮寄投票。
[UorS]
asystemofvotingin whichpeoplesendtheirvotesbypost,ratherthanvotinginpersonat apollingstation:
邮寄投票制The firsthost, to beselectednextyearbypostalvote, may be acitylike 1980OlympichostMoscow.明年通过邮寄投票选出的第一个东道主可能是像1980年奥运会东道主莫斯科这样的城市。
Following theinquirythere would be apostalvotebyindividualmembersforguidanceonfuturepolicy.调查结束后，各成员将进行邮寄投票，以商定未来的政策。
Compare
absentee vote
proxy vote
- They had noopportunityto puttheircaseuntil theAGM- after all thepostalvoteshad already beencounted.
- Theyaccusedheadquartersoffraudulentlyprocessingover 10,000postalvotes.
- Hespokeagainst thepostalvoteat themeeting.
- Academicsthroughoutthe University will, bypostalvote,decidewhether tointroduceanextraweektoallowforrevisionbeforestudentsbegintheirexams.
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- proxy voting
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
- whistle-stop