I really don’t know if the problem can be summed up easily. Most of the time the votes are thrown out on a technicality or arrive too late. Some of these guys have huge delays in the mail that sweeps the rug out from under them. Some states won’t send the ballots out early enough to get them to the soldier and back again. Every state has it’s own rules for absentee votes and I think it gets difficult to stay on top of all of them.
Whatever the reasons, only about 5% of our uniformed service men and women end up having a voice in our voting process. And trust me, it’s not because they don’t get it or they are apathetic.
I hate to say it, but after the ACORN voter fraud crap and the difficulty we have counting military votes, I’m thinking that we have to streamline and secure the voting process. Too many states are making a mess out of this. An election here is starting to resemble that of a Banana Republic.
> I hate to say it, but after the ACORN voter fraud crap and the difficulty we have counting military votes, I’m thinking that we have to streamline and secure the voting process.
It needs to be said: the US voting process is a shambolic mess. US Federal elections should not be state responsibilities: they should be run by the Department of Internal Affairs through an autonomous Electoral Commission, exactly like they are done in New Zealand. And the US Post should be responsible for voter registration.
> Too many states are making a mess out of this. An election here is starting to resemble that of a Banana Republic.
There’s no “starting” about it: sadly, your election is much worse than what happens in most Banana Republics. Fiji and Zimbabwe for example conduct very good elections: implementation of the election results is where they always run into problems...
God Bless America
*DieHard*