A paper ballot submitted, before an election day and often by mail, by a voter who is unable to attend the official polling station on election day. Also termed absentee vote.
1) A constitutional rule that requires criminal laws to state explicitly and definitely what conduct is punishable. Criminal laws that violate this requirement are said to be void for vagueness. Vagueness doctrine rests on the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S.
