Posted on 10/26/2008 9:04:54 AM PDT by John Semmens
Fairfax County (Virginia) Registrar Rokey Suleman (D) is disallowing an estimated 90 percent of absentee ballots sent in by soldiers serving overseas.
“The law prohibits military personnel from participating in political activities while in uniform,” Suleman explained. “Troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are obviously in uniform. Thus, ballots received from these war zones must be disallowed.”
Suleman distinguished between these ballots from overseas servicemen and women and those cast by military personnel within the US who could be assumed to have cast their ballots while off-duty and out of uniform.
“Besides, these people aren’t likely to be well-informed on the issues,” Suleman continued. “They’re outside the main lines of communication. They can’t watch much TV. They’re outside the delivery zone for newspapers published in this country. They’ve missed the big campaign events. It’s best that they concentrate on doing their jobs and leave the political decision making to those who are closer to home.”
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Scared the heck outta me for a second.
Satire ping! ping! ping!
HUMAN EVENTS!
Military Ballots Being Rejected in Virginia
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I want people to know— there IS a problem with military votes.
John Semmens — please make it clear to all posting here that there IS a problem in Virginia with military votes.
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