Someone didn't like the fact that I encourage my military friends living abroad to vote and send in their absentee ballot back to their home states....+100 of them of my personal friends including those no longer in the military but living abroad. They then encourage their spouses and family members (adult children able to vote) to cast their ballots too...many via mail-in due to Coronavirus concerns if their family members were in the states.
I was also impressed by the fact that those stationed abroad, their commanders made sure that all those in their units did cast an absentee ballot (Republican / Democrat) instead of not voting at all.
A lot of them are from Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Kentucky. Four of those states (Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada) are now in close races and the absentee ballots will soon follow.
Military polls prior to the Elections had the members and veterans going for Biden. I personally polled my own friends...overwhelmingly for Biden too.
It's nice to see that our voices will be heard and we can help seal the deal for Biden so that we can get a new Commander in Chief...active duty, national guard, reserves and veterans (like me).
Unfortunately, President Trump is still trying to disenfranchise the military vote via their absentee ballots.
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Election 2020
Military absentee ballots are still coming in to battleground states
Karen Jowers
7 hours ago
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Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4. (Matt Slocum/AP)
As all eyes are on ballot counts in a handful of states, the military absentee ballot is getting more attention in the presidential election — particularly in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
With the race down to the wire in Georgia, those military absentee ballots could make a difference, according to Count Every Hero, an advocacy group with members including retired and former leaders like former Joint Chiefs chairman retired Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford Jr., former Air Force Secretary Debbie Lee James and retired Navy Adm. Jon Greenert, former chief of naval operations. And the ballots are still coming in — as long as the ballots were postmarked by Nov. 3, and received by Nov. 6, they are counted. Statewide numbers of absentee ballots coming in from military members and overseas U.S. citizens are not yet available, as each county in Georgia has that information.
In 2016, there were 12,432 military and overseas citizen absentee ballots counted in Georgia, including 5,203 military ballots.
While little is being said about ballots coming from U.S. citizens overseas, those ballots could make a difference, too — and their numbers are traditionally larger than the military absentee ballots.
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There are still tens of thousands of military absentee ballots yet to be counted
Military and overseas citizens' ballots are still coming in. Will they make a difference?
In North Carolina, for example, there were 17,201 military and overseas absentee ballots counted in the 2016 presidential election, including 6,317 military absentee ballots. Currently in North Carolina, where the margins are close, the number of outstanding military ballots alone is worth about 6 percent of the margin currently separating Trump and Biden, according to an analysis by Count Every Hero.
And the ballots are still coming in to North Carolina, too. In that state, local election officials accept absentee ballots from military and overseas voters through Nov. 12 — and no postmark is required on the ballot.
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Unit Voting Assistance Officer Ensign Samuel Straub, left, assists Fire Controlman 2nd Class William Vaughn on absentee voting paperwork aboard the mess decks of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Aug. 29, 2020. (MC2 Indra Beaufort/Navy)
In Pennsylvania and Nevada, election officials count absentee ballots from military and overseas citizens that arrive by Nov. 10.
In Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona, state law requires these absentee ballots be received by Election Day.
There has been much discussion about ballots coming in after Election Day, and whether they should be counted. But many states have long had laws and rules in place that allow for longer transit time for absentee ballots coming from military members and their families, and from U.S. citizens living overseas, all of whom receive protections under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, known as UOCAVA.
The U.S. Constitution provides that state legislatures have the responsibility for making the rules regarding elections.
This is a developing story. Stay with Military Times for updates.
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-b...s-are-still-coming-in-to-battleground-states/
wrbtrader
I was also impressed by the fact that those stationed abroad, their commanders made sure that all those in their units did cast an absentee ballot (Republican / Democrat) instead of not voting at all.
A lot of them are from Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Kentucky. Four of those states (Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada) are now in close races and the absentee ballots will soon follow.
Military polls prior to the Elections had the members and veterans going for Biden. I personally polled my own friends...overwhelmingly for Biden too.
It's nice to see that our voices will be heard and we can help seal the deal for Biden so that we can get a new Commander in Chief...active duty, national guard, reserves and veterans (like me).
Unfortunately, President Trump is still trying to disenfranchise the military vote via their absentee ballots.
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- "Forward men, forward for God's sake, and drive those fellows out of the woods".
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Election 2020
Military absentee ballots are still coming in to battleground states
Karen Jowers
7 hours ago
Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4. (Matt Slocum/AP)
As all eyes are on ballot counts in a handful of states, the military absentee ballot is getting more attention in the presidential election — particularly in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
With the race down to the wire in Georgia, those military absentee ballots could make a difference, according to Count Every Hero, an advocacy group with members including retired and former leaders like former Joint Chiefs chairman retired Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford Jr., former Air Force Secretary Debbie Lee James and retired Navy Adm. Jon Greenert, former chief of naval operations. And the ballots are still coming in — as long as the ballots were postmarked by Nov. 3, and received by Nov. 6, they are counted. Statewide numbers of absentee ballots coming in from military members and overseas U.S. citizens are not yet available, as each county in Georgia has that information.
In 2016, there were 12,432 military and overseas citizen absentee ballots counted in Georgia, including 5,203 military ballots.
While little is being said about ballots coming from U.S. citizens overseas, those ballots could make a difference, too — and their numbers are traditionally larger than the military absentee ballots.
There are still tens of thousands of military absentee ballots yet to be counted
Military and overseas citizens' ballots are still coming in. Will they make a difference?
In North Carolina, for example, there were 17,201 military and overseas absentee ballots counted in the 2016 presidential election, including 6,317 military absentee ballots. Currently in North Carolina, where the margins are close, the number of outstanding military ballots alone is worth about 6 percent of the margin currently separating Trump and Biden, according to an analysis by Count Every Hero.
And the ballots are still coming in to North Carolina, too. In that state, local election officials accept absentee ballots from military and overseas voters through Nov. 12 — and no postmark is required on the ballot.
Unit Voting Assistance Officer Ensign Samuel Straub, left, assists Fire Controlman 2nd Class William Vaughn on absentee voting paperwork aboard the mess decks of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Aug. 29, 2020. (MC2 Indra Beaufort/Navy)
In Pennsylvania and Nevada, election officials count absentee ballots from military and overseas citizens that arrive by Nov. 10.
In Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona, state law requires these absentee ballots be received by Election Day.
There has been much discussion about ballots coming in after Election Day, and whether they should be counted. But many states have long had laws and rules in place that allow for longer transit time for absentee ballots coming from military members and their families, and from U.S. citizens living overseas, all of whom receive protections under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, known as UOCAVA.
The U.S. Constitution provides that state legislatures have the responsibility for making the rules regarding elections.
This is a developing story. Stay with Military Times for updates.
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-b...s-are-still-coming-in-to-battleground-states/
wrbtrader
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