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2006-11-03 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-03 08:54|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Back in the old days, one of the extra duties of a second lieutenant was voting officer. You diligently gave every troop a federal registration form for those eligible to vote in their federal, state, and local elections. Some would tossem, some would fill them out. Some states required applications be certified by a commissioned officer. Those who sent them in on time would get the absentee ballot. Varying from state to state the specific ballots would have some sort of ID requirement. A few states even required the signature of a commissioned officer upon an outer envelope to validate the authenticity of the soldier submitting the vote. Yes, it is amazing that those who whine about identity checks at the local poles didnt have too much problem with extra requirements for their citizens voting while performing federal military functions, particularly those with an APO/FPO address.

Posted by Procopius2K 2006-11-03 10:15|| 2006-11-03 10:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously something is wrong with military balloting. After all, not many of them have voted for such pro-fighting man and woman candidates like Kerry and Murtha.

They aren't voting correctly, like all those dead guys in Chicago, see.......

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-11-03 14:26|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-11-03 14:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Voting Officer was a commissioned-officer role, but he usually had two or three "assistants". I pulled that duty quite a few times as a senior NCO. One of the units I was a part of had a phenomenal 92% absentee ballot submission rate. I've heard that some units had submission rates as low as 40%, but I have no evidence to back that up. Ours were always greater than the national turnout rate.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-11-03 14:59|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-03 14:59|| Front Page Top

#4 That's rich.

The DNC actively recruits foreign nationals (read: Mexicans) who have never lived in the US to vote in US elections. "Voters" fill out an internet survey so the DNC help direct ballots to the district least likely to check.

Democrats Abroad

A friend of mine had a ballot sent to Julio Iglesias of Kim Il Sung Drive in Paris, whose parents live at 1 Voter Fraud Lane, Little Rock, Arkansas. Heh.

Posted by exJAG 2006-11-03 19:56|| 2006-11-03 19:56|| Front Page Top

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