[ambrose]

Bad news for Kerry: the military vote might actually count in 2004.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Related:

8/06/2004 :  DoD Pushes Absentee Ballot Reforms  
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2004 – DoD is pulling out all the stops to make sure the absentee voting program runs smoothly in this election year. Charles Abell, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told reporters at the Pentagon...

 

8/03/04 - Wherever you are, your vote counts  - Gen. Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander

 

Army:

 

8/04/04 - Leadership backs absentee voter registration - Army leaders tape ads for Army Voting Assistance Program that will air on the Pentagon Channel, American Forces networks overseas and local command channels beginning the week of Aug. 9.

 

For more information on federal voting policies, go to the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s Web site at http://www.fvap.gov/

 

Postal initiative to speed absentee ballots to Soldiers

HRC sends largest AKO e-mail to date

Counsel outlines political limits for Army personnel

Commentary: Lollipops not only incentive for teens to vote

Army program helps with absentee voting.

 

Navy:

 

7/30/04 - SECNAV Reminds Sailors to Vote - Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England

 

Stars and Stripes Election/Voting Guide
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- For any service members stationed in foreign countries, from Iraq to Japan and anywhere in between, Stars and Stripes will publish a Voting Guide Aug. 17, as a supplement to the newspaper.

[KingsKindred]

My guess is that Dems will say there are hanging chads on the absentee ballads...

[T. Jefferson]

Executive order: voting machines can be used at all military installations and on all ships worldwide. Problem solved.

Executive order. Photocopied ID required for voting, particularly mail in ballots. That'll eliminate several million fraudulant Dem votes.

[ride the whirlwind]

I am so glad that this issue is finally being taken seriously.

[ThreePuttinDude]

Thanks Ragtime,I've been firing out emails to anyone that I could think of about this. Having you on the job makes me sleep a little easier tonight......Thanks



TPD

[Dolphy]

Here's some news on what's going on with the military vote.

[GretchenM]

In case you haven't been pinged.

[GretchenM]

fyi

[GretchenM]

I vote by perpetual absentee ballot and checked out
King County Elections site re the new Declare Your Party primary system to see if I needed to request a party ballot. (If it's mandatory for the primary, why not for the general? Regardless of what good might be argued for it, I don't like this law as it forces party above individual choice, not that I'm hankering to vote for any dem candidates.)

I found this part interesting:

"Why did the county select to use a single ballot?

To help determine what ballot format would be the most effective, King County mailed sample ballot formats to 1600 randomly-selected voters and conducted a series of in-person focus groups with those responding. There were four major findings:

- People followed the instructions and correctly adjusted to the changes in numbers far greater than experienced in other states;
- Though the separate ballot design (one ballot for each party and one for non-partisan races and ballot measures; voters choose one and throw away the three unused ballots) had its supporters, people were concerned about the costs and waste of mailing three times as much paper as necessary. [Recycle on, Washington, My Home!!!]
- More voters indicated support for a single ballot over separate ballots - and more importantly - the rate of correctly-filled out ballots was the same for single and separate ballot designs;
- [This next is interesting.] Even though many people were angry about the change, they considered voting too important a right to let it stand in the way of their voting in the primary."

[GretchenM]

fyi