[DTogo]

As long as they were submitted before November 2nd, there should be absolutely NO EXCUSE for not counting the votes of any US military personnel, no matter when it arrives in the polling/counting center.

[shezza]

One possible problem with postmarks: Things may be different now, but last year my husband's letters from Kuwait and Iraq were postmarked in New York, stamped with a date usually a week or more after my husband's letter date. Sometimes mail from non-permanent stations is flown out of the theater to the U.S. and THEN postmarked once it gets into the system. I sure hope there is a machine standing by on EVERY military facility overseas with an authentic date-time stamp for these soldiers who are trying to beat the Nov. 2 postmark deadline.