Padma Lakshmi urged her followers to obtain absentee ballots ahead of the upcoming election on November 3.The 50-year-old said 'the time to get your absentee ballot is now' as she modeled a black-and-white VOTE face mask.The Top Chef star then posted a screen-grab of her own tweet calling US President Donald Trump 'criminally negligent' for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. 'The time to get your absentee ballot is now':Padma Lakshmi urged her followers to obtain absentee ballots ahead of the upcoming election on November 3Absentee ballots are different from mail-in ballots, which have been the center of a controversy involving fears of voter fraud.'Criminally negligent manslaughter occurs when death results from a high degree of.