Army pushes voter registration in Area II

Stars & Stripes ^ | Feb. 14, 2004 | Jeremy Kirk

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Saturday, February 14, 2004

Army pushes voter registration in Area II


By Jeremy Kirk, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, February 15, 2004

YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — Eighth Army officials are running an aggressive campaign to register eligible voters in light of the Defense Department’s recent canceling of an online voting program.

On Friday, about 60 senior voting assistance officers were briefed on how to help soldiers register to vote and receive absentee ballots.

“We do make a difference,” said Capt. Zuleika Jackson-Jones, who briefed the group. “It’s very important that we get out there.”

The Army wants 100 percent of its soldiers, civilians and family members to get a Federal Post Card Application to register to vote and receive an absentee ballot. The card takes about 10 minutes to fill out, is postage-free, and users must identify the county or city where they last voted.

Servicemembers should use an address in their state of legal residence if it differs from their military home of record, said Capt. Enitra Coleman, 8th Army’s voting assistance officer.

Some states require a witness or notary to sign the form before it is accepted. People should have their unit voting assistance officer review their form before sending it, Coleman said.

Voting information is also available at www.fvap.com, and unit voting assistance officers have copies of the 2004-05 Voting Assistance Guide, a 372-page book with specifics for all states and territories.

If the form is not filled out correctly or the block requiring a signature is left blank, counties will not accept the form, Jackson-Jones said.

An online version is available at www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.html, but it must be printed and mailed at the sender’s expense. Voters from American Samoa and Guam can’t use the online form.

People should complete the Federal Post Card Application as soon as possible, as states and territories also have different registration deadlines, officials said. Early registration also ensures a person can return an absentee ballot on time to be counted.

Even if voters receive late absentee ballots, they should still return them as soon as possible. Some states and territories will allow for counting beyond Election Day if the ballot is postmarked on or before the date of the election, according to the Voting Assistance Guide.

In Area II, officials are planning voter registration drives on Feb. 28; March 13; April 3 and 17; May 1, 15 and 30; June 12; and July 4, 17 and 31. Coleman said the drives will include registration booths at commissaries and post exchanges.

Activities also are planned for Army Voters’ Registration month in August and Armed Forces Voters’ Week, Sept. 3-11.

— The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — Eighth Army officials are running an aggressive campaign to register eligible voters in light of the Defense Department’s recent canceling of an online voting program.

On Friday, about 60 senior voting assistance officers were briefed on how to help soldiers register to vote and receive absentee ballots.

“We do make a difference,” said Capt. Zuleika Jackson-Jones, who briefed the group. “It’s very important that we get out there.”

The Army wants 100 percent of its soldiers, civilians and family members to get a Federal Post Card Application to register to vote and receive an absentee ballot. The card takes about 10 minutes to fill out, is postage-free, and users must identify the county or city where they last voted.

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     Army program helps with absentee voting ~ plus list of state primary dates. 

[MEG33]

This time I want no glitches in military votes!(check out my new tagline from Mark Steyn's column!)

[getgoing]

SMILES! (can we count THEIR votes twice?)

[2banana]

I wonder how the democrats are going to try to have military votes voided this time?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

IMPORTANT DATA
Military Voting for 2004
YOUR VOTE will count!

Military Voter Registration Info

Just Click on a flag to Visit that Branch of Service Voting Info

Army	Navy	Air Force	Marines	Coast Guard

[Jeff Chandler]

They'd better get the voter registration right. President Bush needs the military vote.

[JulieRNR21]

The military vote will be critical next November especially in FL where the RATs managed to get so many absentee ballots disqualified in 2000.

[Coroner]

In Florida their votes did'nt even count once!!

[Vigilanteman]

I wonder how the democrats are going to try to have military votes voided this time?

By bringing in more winos, drooling nursing home patients and illegal immigrants to overwhelm them.

[Chris Talk]

Rumor has it that at least 25% of the military vote will be cast as Florida residence

[doug from upland]

Yes, 100% must vote in the next election.

[Coroner]

Yeah baby!!! I think the military went 70% for Bush in 2000. That will be too many votes for the dems to hide. Put FLA in Bush column.

[Chris Talk]

Our county 74% for bush, and this precinct here was at least that.

If this local little precinct did not exist, ALgore would be president and Saddam Hussein would still be in office and the Taliban would be ruling in Afghanistan.

[MJY1288]

Change AWOL to Deserter :-)

[Bluntpoint]

Army pushes voter registration in Area II

The democrats are going to win the voter registration race in Area 51 due to their support of Alien licenses.

[McGavin999]

As far as I am concerned, I think the military vote ought to be counted FIRST!

[getgoing]

i know...time to catch up. HA

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Vigilanteman]

No. It shouldn't be counted first. It should be held back in close elections to see how many votes are needed. And then counted or manufactured as needed to achieve the desired outcome. That would give the RATS a taste of their own medicine.</ sarcasm>