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Soldiers' ballots arriving from overseas in record numbers
KCEN-TV, Central Texas ^
| October 29, 2004
| T. SEELIGER
Posted on 10/30/2004 6:16:07 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
Soldiers' ballots arriving from overseas in record numbers
October 29, 2004
Our troops serving in Iraq and elsewhere around the world are keeping local election officials busy. A record number of soldiers who call Bell and Coryell Counties home have voted.
Bell County Clerk Vada Sutton has received close to 5,000 ballots from our troops stationed in Iraq and other bases overseas.
“I had more this year than I ever have,” she says.
And they're still coming in. Bell County election officials continue to open ballots from our soldiers.
In Coryell County, where a portion of Fort Hood sits, 2,000 absentee ballots were requested by our troops. So far, 1,200 have come back. In Bell County, more than 7,000 ballots were requested and almost 5,000 have made it home.
According to law, ballots coming from overseas can be received up to five days after the election, so Bell County could receive close to 6,000 absentee ballots.
“It's a great number,” Sutton says. “Usually, you don't get but about 50% of those back.”
It won't be until after 7pm on Tuesday that the results are reported.
STORY BY TIME SEELIGER
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: absenteevote; fthood; militaryvote; texas
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:17:17 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Cannoneer No. 4; TEXOKIE; xzins; Alamo-Girl; blackie; SandRat; Calpernia; SAMWolf; prairiebreeze; ..
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I just pray that those ballots are counted.
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:18:15 PM PDT
by
Begin
(RIP RWR 1911-2004)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thank you boys (and girls) for your honorable service and doing your duties as citizens of the USA. God Bless.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thank God! Things are starting to look up!
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:19:21 PM PDT
by
airborne
(God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Our troops don't just talk, they act.
To: mylife
The military is well aware of how the Demorats attempted to "disenfranchise" the military the last time..
The Kerry lawyers will be very busy attempting the same, this time..
Kerry once again stabbing the military in the back, while they fight the enemies of this Republic..
Kerry and the Demorat party are lower than Whale Shit, and that's on the bottom of the ocean.
Semper Fi
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:22:47 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek...But I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
If anybody has a right to vote in this election it is the people serving in the military. The have the right to say who they want as there commander.
God Bless our Troops and G.W.BUsh
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
To: Former Military Chick
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
hipaatwo
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good deal. Thanks for the ping. Even if it's your One-Thousandth. :)
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:33:38 PM PDT
by
writer33
(Try this link: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml)
To: Begin
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:33:44 PM PDT
by
proudofthesouth
(Boycotting movies since 1988)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT WARTIME PERFORMANCE
BY THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:37:15 PM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
You know, I wonder just how much the military vote affected past elections (other than 2000) meaning did they actually get through and counted on time and not discarded for various reasons.
Could it be their vote will simply neutralize any voter fraud?
Because if it does, our military is protecting us in more ways than one.
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:40:53 PM PDT
by
Ladysmith
(Uhhh, kin ah git me a huntin' license here?...)
To: river rat
lower than Whale Shit, and that's on the bottom of the ocean.
Those words are memorable for me because I first heard them from a screaming DI when my feet hit the yellow footprints at San Diego.
Semper Fi.
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:45:43 PM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The rats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Our troops deserve a voice in the elections, no matter how far from home! COUNT EVERY VOTE!
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:48:14 PM PDT
by
Libertina
(Please Lord, grant America a leader who loves you.)
To: All
This is Texas. We need an equivalent article for Florida. Military usually pick one of those two for their residences. Zero state income tax.
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:48:26 PM PDT
by
Owen
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks for the "most excellent" ping, RC!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
It looks like the military is speaking.
God bless them every one.
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posted on
10/30/2004 6:51:19 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(What did Kerry know and when did he know it?)
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