>> But why doesn't someone in military or PA governor ask Fred Smith, the owner of FedEx, to transport the ballots and bring them back on one of his jets?
It's not that easy. Ballots are sent by snail mail, and won't even be received in many places until after the deadline, whether military or other locales.
The post office must also track down each person to whom a ballot has been mailed. Easy if they don't move, but people constantly rotate in a military theater.
Add to the problem of tracking someone down that asked for a ballot in August while in Afghanistan, and is now in Germany, one can see how tough it can be to get a ballot to a voter, much less get it back four days before Election Day.
How many units in-country don't even have weekly mail call?
Rendell is pond scum.
Thanks to both of you for letting me know the ballot rules.
(Does the U.S. Postal Service have any jets?)