Subject:

Military Missing Absentee Ballots

Date:

Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:36:03 -0600
From:

Bill Utterback <bill.utterback@unlimited-thought.com>

To:

bill.utterback@unlimited-thought.com

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_dougherty/20001104_xnjdo_military_m.shtml

ELECTION 2000

Military missing
absentee ballots
Some Army, Navy personnel unable
to vote for new commander in chief

By Jon E. Dougherty
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com

Members of the military who are currently stationed
overseas have complained that the Pentagon has not yet
sent out absentee ballots this year, meaning they will not
get to vote for a new commander in chief on Tuesday.

Specifically, members of U.S. Navy units who are
stationed overseas and aboard the USS Cole -- the
destroyer recently attacked by terrorists while it was
undergoing refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen -- have
either not received ballots or won't get them in time
because of current deployment circumstances, Pentagon
officials said yesterday.

"I've heard about this within the past week," said Lt. Dave
Guy, a spokesman for the Army. "We are trying to get
more information. We don't know if they were delayed
through the mail."

He added that due to current deployment considerations,
some military members overseas likely would not get their
ballots in time.

"The support team for the USS Cole may not get their
ballots due to intermittent mail," Guy said. "Some ballots
could very well be delayed for a number of reasons."

A Maine resident -- who asked not to be identified -- said
her Navy daughter who is stationed in Tokyo has received
her absentee ballot for every election except this one.

"No one at the base will be voting because all the absentee
ballots are missing," she told WorldNetDaily.

Navy officials were also contacted but did not return
phone calls.

Critics have suggested that the Clinton administration may
have purposely delayed sending absentee ballots to military
personnel overseas because most, according to recent
surveys, will vote Republican. The White House has
denied those charges.

According to Guy, officials with the Federal Voting
Assistance Program -- which helps manage balloting for
overseas service members -- "was not aware of any group
non-delivery."

Guy said depending on the home state of the member,
ballots can be sent via Standard Form 136, which is a
write-in ballot. States have different deadlines for such
ballots, he added.

Each ballot "is unit specific and handled individually," he
said.

Guy noted that "the military has a much higher
participation [of overall voters] in the voting process" than
does the general voting public. In the 1996 election, he said
64 percent of service members participated; 40 percent of
those were absentee ballots. Twelve percent could not
vote for various reasons, including because ballots were
either sent late or otherwise not received on time.

Jon E. Dougherty is a staff reporter for
WorldNetDaily.

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