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Special Ballot

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1. A PROVISIONAL BALLOT, in the District of Columbia, Iowa, the state of Washington, and elsewhere. 2. A variant ballot to accommodate voters with religious scruples, election employees or victims of domestic violence. N. Y. Election Laws (consol.) §11-300. For example, some voters are unwilling to vote in a polling place located in a place of religious worship

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