The casting of a ballot in advance by mail in situations where illness, travel, or other circumstances prevent voters from voting in their precinct.

• A. Ballot
• B. Referendum
• C. Absentee voting
• D. Polling place

Answer: (C)

When you can’t be at your usual polling place on Election Day, you can still vote by submitting your ballot in advance by mail. This arrangement is absentee voting, which specifically covers casting a ballot before the election by mail or other approved methods due to illness, travel, or other circumstances that prevent in-person voting at your precinct. A ballot is the form you fill out, but the term here describes the voting process itself. A referendum is a vote on a specific public policy issue, not about the method of casting a ballot. A polling place is the in-person voting location on Election Day. So the description best fits absentee voting because it centers on voting ahead of time by mail when you cannot vote at your precinct.