source: http://ebird.osd.mil/ebfiles/e20090107648584.html
I apologize for the source being on a military-only network. If you are in the US military, you can view it yourself, but if not, you don't have access to it.
(Returning the ballot by fax or e-mail means that your vote is no longer anonymous or private, like it is supposed to be.)
The study found that 68% of the absentee ballots that were requested were either never returned or did not get back in time to be counted. This is mainly because many state's policies on absentee ballots don't allow enough time for slow foreign postal services.
One example was a soldier in Afghanistan. It took him 86 days to receive, process, and mail back the ballot (with no delays on his part), but his home state only allows 65 days, so his vote wasn't counted.
Given that the military is somewhere around 75% conservative, this could be expected to change the outcomes of close-call races.
Its a shame that those who's fate often depends on the election more than anyone else's don't get their votes counted. So now they'll be ordered around in combat zones by politicians who they were wrongly deprived of the right to vote for or against.
Please defend the rights of those who defend your rights, and do anything you can to fix this situation.
I apologize for the source being on a military-only network. If you are in the US military, you can view it yourself, but if not, you don't have access to it.
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| The states along with the District that Pew said did not provide enough time to cast ballots are: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. |
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| Residents of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii and Rhode Island must return their ballots by fax or e-mail to meet voting deadlines, the study found. |
(Returning the ballot by fax or e-mail means that your vote is no longer anonymous or private, like it is supposed to be.)
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| Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Vermont only give overseas service members five days to fill out their ballots, the study found. |
The study found that 68% of the absentee ballots that were requested were either never returned or did not get back in time to be counted. This is mainly because many state's policies on absentee ballots don't allow enough time for slow foreign postal services.
One example was a soldier in Afghanistan. It took him 86 days to receive, process, and mail back the ballot (with no delays on his part), but his home state only allows 65 days, so his vote wasn't counted.
Given that the military is somewhere around 75% conservative, this could be expected to change the outcomes of close-call races.
Its a shame that those who's fate often depends on the election more than anyone else's don't get their votes counted. So now they'll be ordered around in combat zones by politicians who they were wrongly deprived of the right to vote for or against.
Please defend the rights of those who defend your rights, and do anything you can to fix this situation.
