The use of absentee ballots dates back to the 19th century, during the American Civil War in the 1860s. They were originally intended to allow soldiers to vote while away from their home states.
On Jeopardy the 16th of October 2008 the category for the final question was Presidential Election History. The answer was DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBERS OF MEN AWAY FROM HOME, IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR A MAJORITY OF STATES COUNTED ABSENTEE VOTES. The question What is 1864? For your information all contestants were wrong.
Johnny Bench was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, his first elegible year, appearing on 96% of the ballots.
There was only one absentee on the meeting day.
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in what year was the first home refigerator used?
It was first used in 1981.
by whom was hindi first used
It was in the year of 1790.
There is no record of their reaction to his work, nor to whether they resented him being an absentee father for most of the year.
1996 Was the first model year.
We do not know when it was first used in the Church. The first documented use was in the year 106 AD.
digital computers were first used in 1942 analog computers were first used in about 100BC