10.21.2004
Pentagon to Place U.S. Ballot on Internet for Overseas Voters (NYTimes.com)
By MICHAEL MOSS
Published: October 20, 2004
Bowing to pressure from both the Republican and Democratic Parties, the Pentagon has decided to post a federal write-in ballot on its Web site for civilian and military voters to use overseas if their regular ballots fail to arrive in time.
Political wrangling and late primaries caused local election offices in at least eight swing states to miss the deadline of Sept. 19 for sending out ballots to ensure their timely return from far-flung locales where mail service is slow.
Partisan groups vying to get out the overseas vote had begun posting the substitute write-in ballot, which covers federal but not local races or measures, on their Internet sites out of concern that its distribution to consulates has made it too hard to get.
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Published: October 20, 2004
Bowing to pressure from both the Republican and Democratic Parties, the Pentagon has decided to post a federal write-in ballot on its Web site for civilian and military voters to use overseas if their regular ballots fail to arrive in time.
Political wrangling and late primaries caused local election offices in at least eight swing states to miss the deadline of Sept. 19 for sending out ballots to ensure their timely return from far-flung locales where mail service is slow.
Partisan groups vying to get out the overseas vote had begun posting the substitute write-in ballot, which covers federal but not local races or measures, on their Internet sites out of concern that its distribution to consulates has made it too hard to get.
(More ... The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Pentagon to Place U.S. Ballot on Internet for Overseas Voters) ¶ 13:06
