tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post1458802222185244174..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Disenfranchised Over There (2010 Edition)George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-30335987594325650472011-07-14T23:48:19.309-04:002011-07-14T23:48:19.309-04:00Think of it like this - you unit/AFN have all of t...Think of it like this - you unit/AFN have all of this info about voting absentee (the unit voting officer treats the duty as a inconvenience more often than not)and yet less than 16% request a ballot. Then you have some states (IL, CA, WA, NY, etc...) that seem to have problems in getting absentee ballots out in time for elections, have issues with them being returned in time, or how the ballot was filled out - disenfranchising the voter even more. <br /><br />Why should an active duty person vote when the system finds the smallest reason to invalidate their ballots?fmfnavydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714903349176056488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-6078825012884299012011-07-13T09:02:00.016-04:002011-07-13T09:02:00.016-04:00"Of the 2 million military voters covered by ..."Of the 2 million military voters covered by the report, 15.8 percent requested absentee ballots,..."<br /><br />The low request rate itself is dismaying. True, overseas military voters are more stressed than usual, but what has happened to leadership? Have lectures on voting as a patriotic duty now become passé, or are leaders not getting it done any longer?<br /><br />Obviously, if more interest in voting were being demonstrated by the troops stateside politicians would be more inclined to guarantee our most sacred right. Just a thought.Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com