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https://baltimorebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cover-IG-Post-Pg.1.png10811081This story was originally published by Outlier Media. Politics has a lot of specialized terms and candidates, talking heads, and officials sometimes use these terms to make things seem harder to understand. Use this handy resource when you want to learn, or double check, some of these terms. A Absentee ballot – A voting ballot […]