an absentee ballot.
A postal vote/ballot.
During an election people cast their vote at a polling station - either the local school, the village hall, or a church hall, etc.
popular vote
It means you can vote before the Election Day and to vote when there is an election. Only one out of 3 people who can vote don’t vote. When people don’t vote they leave the decisions to others.
People vote in an election.
In 2008, President George W. Bush cast a postal votebefore election day, sending it to his home state of Texas.
The Electorate
Electors are the people who are eligible to vote in an election.
Many people vote and get others to vote on election day. They also watch the results come in on television.
In the first election in Kansas, a large number of people from Missouri rode across the state line and cast votes in Kansas. People not eligible to vote, voted in the election.
Just means to cast your vote. (with a ballot)
Voting in a primary in any state is not required to vote in the national election (on Nov 4). What *is* required is that you are registered to vote, with an up-to-date address, and arrive with a (typically government issued) picture ID.