| 21. | Voters can request an absentee ballot in one of three ways:
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| 22. | Absentee voting in Los Angeles County has increased in recent years.
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| 23. | Statewide, absentee votes represented 23 percent of all votes cast.
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| 24. | Thousands of absentee ballots from overseas also remain to be counted.
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| 25. | Absentee ballots normally have little bearing on state or national elections.
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| 26. | Absentee ballots can also be the source of nasty election surprises.
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| 27. | ABSENTEE _ Absentee ballots in Florida could decide the next president.
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| 28. | ABSENTEE _ Absentee ballots in Florida could decide the next president.
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| 29. | But the absentee ballots offer possible dividends for Gore as well.
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| 30. | At midnight Friday, the overseas absentee ballots will be counted.
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