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Sharp drop-off in military absentee ballot requests for 2012

evan83

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In Virginia alone, it's a 92% drop-off from 2008. :shock:

In the swing states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorada, and Nevada, only 55,510 military ballots have been requested. In 2008, it was 166,252!

VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 « Watchdog News

We all know John McCain was a former Naval aviator and war hero, but I'm wondering what the stats would be had Ron Paul been the GOP nominee? Didn't I read somewhere that Ron Paul's top donors were the the four service branches?
 
evan83 said:
In Virginia alone, it's a 92% drop-off from 2008. :shock:

In the swing states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorada, and Nevada, only 55,510 military ballots have been requested. In 2008, it was 166,252!

VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 « Watchdog News

We all know John McCain was a former Naval aviator and war hero, but I'm wondering what the stats would be had Ron Paul been the GOP nominee? Didn't I read somewhere that Ron Paul's top donors were the the four service branches?
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Branches of the service can make political donations? I don't think so.
 
Sorry, I meant individuals comprising of the DoD, not the branches themselves. Maybe some of the Paulbots can confirm this. I seem to recall Ron Paul's folks bragging how his top monetary supporters came from the military, or something of that nature. I live in Germany and on occasion I travel to military installations (since I have a full logistical support ID card from DoD), and I've seen several Ron Paul bumperstickers and Obama stickers, but no Romney.
 
Part of that drop off could very well be due to troop withdraw and reassignment to bases where they don't need an absentee ballot as they might have in 08.
 
The military vote is being suppressed. The DOD has ignored the MOVE Act. Even when they vote by absentee ballot their votes are not counted.
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The problem has always existed, given the high degree of mobility of our fighting forces,” said Eric Eversole, founder and executive director of the Military Voter Protection Project, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.

But the issue is a bigger concern during a presidential election year with a military force totaling more than 3 million, including active-duty and reserve forces.

In 2010, of the approximately 2 million military and overseas voters accounted for in data reported by the states to the Election Assistance Commission, only 4.6 percent of those voters were able to cast an absentee ballot that counted, according to the Military Voter Protection Project’s analysis of that data from the federal Election Assistance Commission, which tracks participation in voting. That compared with 5.5 percent in 2006, which was also a midterm election, the organization concluded
Out of 2 million military and overseas voters in 2010 only 4.6% of those votes counted | Pam's House Blend
 
evan83 said:
In Virginia alone, it's a 92% drop-off from 2008. :shock:

In the swing states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorada, and Nevada, only 55,510 military ballots have been requested. In 2008, it was 166,252!

VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 « Watchdog News

We all know John McCain was a former Naval aviator and war hero, but I'm wondering what the stats would be had Ron Paul been the GOP nominee? Didn't I read somewhere that Ron Paul's top donors were the the four service branches?
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There have been alot of problems processing them this year, it seems. I and my entire shop ordered ours months ago and they still aren't here. They take about six weeks to two months to all make it back so.... time's running out.
 
cpwill said:
There have been alot of problems processing them this year, it seems. I and my entire shop ordered ours months ago and they still aren't here. They take about six weeks to two months to all make it back so.... time's running out.
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Thats friggin unacceptable. Did you try your Sup of Elections directly?
 
no there was some kind of registration / program we all went through after being told that was the way to do it.
 
evan83 said:
In Virginia alone, it's a 92% drop-off from 2008. :shock:

In the swing states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorada, and Nevada, only 55,510 military ballots have been requested. In 2008, it was 166,252!

VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 « Watchdog News

We all know John McCain was a former Naval aviator and war hero, but I'm wondering what the stats would be had Ron Paul been the GOP nominee? Didn't I read somewhere that Ron Paul's top donors were the the four service branches?
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Maybe it's because of a lack of interest.

The two candidates fighting for the top spot are twins separated at birth.
 
cpwill said:
no there was some kind of registration / program we all went through after being told that was the way to do it.
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Yeah, I tried that stupid program too. Kept screwing up, went straight to my Elections Suprervisor website. Got confirmation and should get my absentee any day now. I'm not oconus so don't have the time crunch. Hope you get it in time.

I shake my head that this crap.
 
evan83 said:
In Virginia alone, it's a 92% drop-off from 2008. :shock:

In the swing states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorada, and Nevada, only 55,510 military ballots have been requested. In 2008, it was 166,252!

VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 « Watchdog News

We all know John McCain was a former Naval aviator and war hero, but I'm wondering what the stats would be had Ron Paul been the GOP nominee? Didn't I read somewhere that Ron Paul's top donors were the the four service branches?
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Could it be that less military are deployed overseas now that Iraq is shut down? dunno...
 
poweRob said:
Could it be that less military are deployed overseas now that Iraq is shut down? dunno...
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Viriginia's deployable bases are Navy, so it's not likely. If this was in North Carolina that would make sense.
 
The reason that most members of the US military vote via absentee ballot is that they are considered residents of the states they come from, not the states they are based in.

If a sailor at Norfolk Naval Air Station is a resident of Durham, NC, they have to vote absentee in Durham, NC, not Norfolk, Virginia.

It has nothing to do with whether they are deployed or not.
 
jerry7 said:
The military vote is being suppressed. The DOD has ignored the MOVE Act. Even when they vote by absentee ballot their votes are not counted.
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The problem has always existed, given the high degree of mobility of our fighting forces,” said Eric Eversole, founder and executive director of the Military Voter Protection Project, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C.

But the issue is a bigger concern during a presidential election year with a military force totaling more than 3 million, including active-duty and reserve forces.

In 2010, of the approximately 2 million military and overseas voters accounted for in data reported by the states to the Election Assistance Commission, only 4.6 percent of those voters were able to cast an absentee ballot that counted, according to the Military Voter Protection Project’s analysis of that data from the federal Election Assistance Commission, which tracks participation in voting. That compared with 5.5 percent in 2006, which was also a midterm election, the organization concluded
Out of 2 million military and overseas voters in 2010 only 4.6% of those votes counted | Pam's House Blend
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You conveniently forgot the reason those ballots were not counted...the same reason MOST absentee ballots are not counted. Because the races are not close enough that those votes could have changed the outcome. No one is suppressing military votes.
 
iguanaman said:
You conveniently forgot the reason those ballots were not counted...the same reason MOST absentee ballots are not counted. Because the races are not close enough that those votes could have changed the outcome. No one is suppressing military votes.
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I believe everyone's vote matters and, therefore, ALL votes should be taken into account.
 
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