Thursday, November 6, 2008

Ballots from U.S. troops risk being discarded

WASHINGTON -- As absentee ballots pour in from U.S. troops overseas, officials are voicing concerns that many of those votes won't be counted. "It's dismal," said Rosemary Rodriguez, who works for the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission, a non-partisan group.

"These are the voters that are in some cases preserving our liberties and out there with their lives on the line."
Rodriguez estimates that in the last general election, only about 30 percent of overseas military ballots were actually returned and counted...

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