DCHP-1 Online
service vote 
in an election, that portion of the total vote which is cast by persons in the armed services who are absent from their home ridings, these voters casting their ballots on a designated day prior to election day, the results of the balloting being made public some time after the general election results.
- 1962 Even if it is administratively impossible to camouflage the service vote completely . . . surely arrangements could be made whereby the ballots of servicemen were counted on election night. . . .
- 1963 The results of the service vote likely will be known on Saturday or Sunday following the April 8 general election.
- 1962 Even if it is administratively impossible to camouflage the service vote completely . . . surely arrangements could be made whereby the ballots of servicemen were counted on election night. . . .