Posted on 09/21/2010 8:30:27 PM PDT by jfd1776
.... Now Pavel understood. He’d seen something in the papers about it, but hadn’t paid much attention. It was the scandal of the military vote; a scandal that the press has either unconsciously, or perhaps consciously, denied any coverage to speak of.
Pockets looked back up, and seemed more composed, so he could go on. “See, over the years, forever really, there’s been a problem with overseas votes. Absentee ballots go out, and people fill ‘em in, and they mail ‘em back. It takes time; airmail is slow, ya know? And sometimes the voters themselves don’t hurry, so they push their luck that way. So, lotsa times, a lot of military votes don’t get counted. It’s not just the soldiers and sailors; it’s their families on overseas bases, and the folks in submarines and remote posts… and, and when we’re at war, the guys behind enemy lines. They vote, but maybe the mailbags don’t arrive ‘til after the election, even ‘til weeks after the final certification.”
“Have such late mailbags ever changed the outcome of an election, Pockets?”
“Sure. I mean, I don’t have any statistics, but yeah, lots of elections are close, so a few thousand here and there can really make a difference, ya know? Especially in presidential years…”
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