Posted by
SL Gordon on Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:29:36 PM
So, in our new technologically up to date GOP, can we possibly push forward an immediate Federal move to have all military ballots submitted on-line, so they are automatically counted? This must happenb by 2010. The challenges they face with trying to take part in the democratic process they are fighting to defend are absolutely absurd! This should be a federal change and something the left and right could both veterans could both agree on.
Lost absentee ballots. Having to have the address of a witness confirmed in order for their vote to count (hmm..does that include park benches?)? Waiting for overseas snail-mail in order to participate? This is certifiably insane.
A secure voting web site for active military, their spouses and adult children, and veterans should be an easy thing to accomplish. I say veterans because so many veterans from WWII, Korea and VietNam are in nursing facilities or figthing disabilities because of their service and have trouble getting to polling places.
Here is a true story of these difficulties from a comment from Saltwater:
Not a new problem
I was active Navy and overseas for the first general election in which I was eligible to vote. Months before deployment, I made a special trip to the elections office to submit all the forms and information required for an absentee ballot.
My absentee ballot arrived three days before Election day. With or without my vote, Nixon handily beat McGovern, but I still felt cheated never knowing for sure that my ballot was accepted upon return.
The men and women in uniform deserve to know that their input to the electoral process is honored and expidited.
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