Army Program Helps with Absentee Voting [contact your soldiers!}

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks for the ping!

21 posted on 08/10/2004 7:52:28 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl

To: blu; Allegra

22 posted on 08/10/2004 9:31:35 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.)

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

23 posted on 08/10/2004 9:43:29 PM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))

The loophole used in 2000 and possibly 2002 is the demand some states have that it has to be from the US Postal Service, or some such piece of minucia. And there were stumbling blocks there, if I recall. Sad FReegards....

24 posted on 08/11/2004 2:10:04 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Why watch sitcoms? Just listen to Rush talk about left wing wackos and surf the FR.)

Typically absentee ballots are mailed out to citizens 30 to 45 days before an election

And sometimes that's just enough time for the ballot to get to the soldier on election day in some overseas locations. I know this is a bit extreme, but I knew one E-6 who sent his absentee ballot back registered mail with return receipt. He just wanted to make sure. Our servicemen and women shouldn't have to do that. It does cost.

A warning to those overseas with absentee ballots. Do not send them back by "friend mail" ( with the next person coming back to the states ). An interview with a Dem nozzle during the 2000 Florida mess revealed that they were looking for US postmarks on absentee ballots so they could have them thrown out. I think they were also going after CONUS ballots sent from "mismatched" postmarks. An example;

You're from Florida stationed in Germany and have your absentee ballot, filled out and ready to mail. A friend is transferring back to the real world ( or just going on leave ). You hand him your mail to drop off a the first stateside mailbox. He ends up at JFK airport a drops it in the mailbox as you asked. It gets to Florida with a NYC postmark. The Dems would have had the ballot disallowed as it's postmark wasn't the same as the one from your address ( if they did postmark ) .

25 posted on 08/11/2004 2:36:55 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money. But I have to," Kerry)

To: Former Military Chick

(((ping))) Perhaps you know someone who could use this info...?

26 posted on 08/11/2004 3:17:38 AM PDT by Seadog Bytes ("Benedict Arnold used to be a "war hero" too ...before he became a Traitor.")

To: Seadog Bytes

I do and will continue to remind them to register and to VOTE. Thank you for the ping.

27 posted on 08/11/2004 3:29:20 AM PDT by Former Military Chick (I previously posted under Military Chick)

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