Many Military unable to vote


gerryh
+2 / -1
#1
My darling wife has a number of friends in the states whose husbands are over seas in the military. She has heard from a number of them that for some reason their hubby's and their outfits didn't get "voting cards" to be able to vote in this election. Do any of our american friends have any details/confirmation/denial of this?
 
karrie
No Party Affiliation
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I'd heard there'd been a huge delay in getting or receiving their votes, I can't remember exactly. If you have the patience to root through Teddyballgame's posts I'm pretty sure he mentioned it in one of his threads about how Democrats steal elections.
 
SLM
No Party Affiliation
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Quote: Originally Posted by karrieView Post

I'd heard there'd been a huge delay in getting or receiving their votes, I can't remember exactly. If you have the patience to root through Teddyballgame's posts I'm pretty sure he mentioned it in one of his threads about how Democrats steal elections.

Karrie, did you read them! I've tried but I usually nod off after the first paragraph.
 
tay
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Last edited by tay; Nov 9th, 2012 at 07:24 AM..
 
IdRatherBeSkiing
-1
#5
I think this is more a flaw in the American election system. There is no "Elections United States". It's all administered by individual states so you have a whole ton of competing buracracy so it is not surprising that voting cards are late.

In 2004 my wife's card never arrived so she drove to WV to do it. In 2008 and 2012, she researched more and found ways to do it online or by fax and not be dependant on the voting card. Are there other options to the card for the military?
 
The Old Medic
Conservative
#6
There is no such things as a "Voting Card", in any US State. It sounds like you are referring to "Absentee Ballots". Some States get them out early, others do not.
 
JLM
No Party Affiliation
#7
Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post

My darling wife has a number of friends in the states whose husbands are over seas in the military. She has heard from a number of them that for some reason their hubby's and their outfits didn't get "voting cards" to be able to vote in this election. Do any of our american friends have any details/confirmation/denial of this?

Teddy has the details of most things politic?
 
IdRatherBeSkiing
#8
Quote: Originally Posted by The Old MedicView Post

There is no such things as a "Voting Card", in any US State. It sounds like you are referring to "Absentee Ballots". Some States get them out early, others do not.

Correct. That is what never showed up although they claimed it was mailed.
 
JLM
No Party Affiliation
#9
Quote: Originally Posted by karrieView Post

I'd heard there'd been a huge delay in getting or receiving their votes, I can't remember exactly. If you have the patience to root through Teddyballgame's posts I'm pretty sure he mentioned it in one of his threads about how Democrats steal elections.

The problem I have with them is the number of pages you have to read to get a piece of correct information!
 
tay
+1
#10
A large portion of the wingnut intertubes is up in arms over a report that Mitt Romney would have defeated President Obama if a raft of overseas military absentee ballots would have been delivered on time. There's just one problem--the story came from a parody site.


Back on Wednesday, the Duffel Blog, a military news satire blog, reported that hundreds of thousands of military absentee ballots were accidentally sent to Afghanistan after being mislabeled as ammo. After a series of further snafus on the way back to the States--including several reportedly being dropped in the ocean--they finally arrived on Wednesday, a day after the election.


The Duffel Blog states pretty clearly on this page that it's a parody site, and the profiles on the contributors page would make it obvious to any halfway intelligent person that it's a parody. And yet, it's sparked an outraged discussion at Tea Party Nation, and several outraged wingers have taken to Twitter to vent about this latest outrage by the Kenyan Mooslim socialist administration. At least one wingnut blog is shocked, shocked that nobody's picked this up. Could it be that real reporters actually look at the sources before seeing if there's a story in it?
 
gopher
No Party Affiliation
-1
#11
Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post

My darling wife has a number of friends in the states whose husbands are over seas in the military. She has heard from a number of them that for some reason their hubby's and their outfits didn't get "voting cards" to be able to vote in this election. Do any of our american friends have any details/confirmation/denial of this?


This was a major concern during the election - both former Governor Carlson (Republican) and current governor Dayton (Democrat) said the new voter ID would impede overseas soldiers from voting. This helped defeat the referendum and we will not have mandatory voter ID this year and next year as the Democrats now control the state legislature.
 
Highball
#12
When I was on active duty and assigned off-shore I never failed to vote through the Absentee Ballot system. My Ballots I do understand did make to my County of Residence on time too. Guess what?? I just found out last year that unless it is a close race those Ballots will probably never get counted. Right now in Solano County, CA there are more than 10,000 Absentee ballots that probably won't get counted unless an item on that Ballot is challenged in a Court. Problems with the voting system OR is it an issue of finances to keep a temporary staff working to accomplish this task? I still can't get an answer to this question from the Registrar of Voters.
 
gerryh
+1 / -2
#13
Quote: Originally Posted by The Old MedicView Post

There is no such things as a "Voting Card", in any US State. It sounds like you are referring to "Absentee Ballots". Some States get them out early, others do not.


I'm not a fu cking american, so I have no idea what you fu cking morons call your pieces of paper. The only thing I was doing was passing along some information that my wife received from friends of hers that have husbands overseas in the u.s. armed forces. I was just asking if anyone else had any more info on this.
 
CDNBear
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Quote: Originally Posted by gopherView Post

This was a major concern during the election - both former Governor Carlson (Republican) and current governor Dayton (Democrat) said the new voter ID would impede overseas soldiers from voting.

How would it do that?

US Soldiers carry photo ID.

Quote:

This helped defeat the referendum and we will not have mandatory voter ID this year and next year as the Democrats now control the state legislature.

No doubt.
 
tay
-1
#15
Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post

I'm not a fu cking american, so I have no idea what you fu cking morons call your pieces of paper. The only thing I was doing was passing along some information that my wife received from friends of hers that have husbands overseas in the u.s. armed forces. I was just asking if anyone else had any more info on this.



Yes I have info on this story................Cilck on the coloured words to read more............Maybe on the same site that this spoof came from you didn't notice this story..............


DoD Seeks Corporate Sponsorship, Budweiser Already On Board


As the Department of Defense budget gets slimmer each day, military and civilian personnel are getting creative with how to cover shortfalls. The Pentagon has already started using candlelight to save on energy, and they are back to notepads and pens instead of computers. Now, they are trying to get some help from the business community.


http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/04/dod-seeks-corporate-sponsorship-copenhagen-budweiser-already-on-board/





A large portion of the wingnut intertubes is up in arms over a report that Mitt Romney would have defeated President Obama if a raft of overseas military absentee ballots would have been delivered on time.

There's just one problem--the story came from a parody site.


Back on Wednesday, the Duffel Blog, a military news satire blog,
reported that hundreds of thousands of military absentee ballots were accidentally sent to Afghanistan after being mislabeled as ammo. After a series of further snafus on the way back to the States--including several reportedly being dropped in the ocean--they finally arrived on Wednesday, a day after the election.


The Duffel Blog states pretty clearly on
this page that it's a parody site, and the profiles on the contributors page would make it obvious to any halfway intelligent person that it's a parody. And yet, it's sparked an outraged discussion at Tea Party Nation, and several outraged wingers have taken to Twitter to vent about this latest outrage by the Kenyan Mooslim socialist administration. At least one wingnut blog is shocked, shocked that nobody's picked this up. Could it be that real reporters actually look at the sources before seeing if there's a story in it?
 
JLM
No Party Affiliation
#16
Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post

I'm not a fu cking american, so I have no idea what you fu cking morons call your pieces of paper. The only thing I was doing was passing along some information that my wife received from friends of hers that have husbands overseas in the u.s. armed forces. I was just asking if anyone else had any more info on this.

So, what did you think of the election Ger?
 
gerryh
#17
Quote: Originally Posted by tayView Post

Yes I have info on this story................Cilck on the coloured words to read more............Maybe on the same site that this spoof came from you didn't notice this story..............


DoD Seeks Corporate Sponsorship, Budweiser Already On Board


As the Department of Defense budget gets slimmer each day, military and civilian personnel are getting creative with how to cover shortfalls. The Pentagon has already started using candlelight to save on energy, and they are back to notepads and pens instead of computers. Now, they are trying to get some help from the business community.


http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/04/dod-seeks-corporate-sponsorship-copenhagen-budweiser-already-on-board/





A large portion of the wingnut intertubes is up in arms over a report that Mitt Romney would have defeated President Obama if a raft of overseas military absentee ballots would have been delivered on time.

There's just one problem--the story came from a parody site.


Back on Wednesday, the Duffel Blog, a military news satire blog,
reported that hundreds of thousands of military absentee ballots were accidentally sent to Afghanistan after being mislabeled as ammo. After a series of further snafus on the way back to the States--including several reportedly being dropped in the ocean--they finally arrived on Wednesday, a day after the election.


The Duffel Blog states pretty clearly on
this page that it's a parody site, and the profiles on the contributors page would make it obvious to any halfway intelligent person that it's a parody. And yet, it's sparked an outraged discussion at Tea Party Nation, and several outraged wingers have taken to Twitter to vent about this latest outrage by the Kenyan Mooslim socialist administration. At least one wingnut blog is shocked, shocked that nobody's picked this up. Could it be that real reporters actually look at the sources before seeing if there's a story in it?



You're as dense as the pretend metis and wanna be Canadian, old metis. My post was NOT a spoof, it was an actual concern voiced by american armed forces wives. Women my wife personally knows. So take your spoof and stick it up your a ss.

Quote: Originally Posted by JLMView Post

So, what did you think of the election Ger?


It was another american election. I really don't give a shyte about it any more. Makes no difference who is actually in the white house. They all go around playing my di cks bigger than yours.
 
JLM
No Party Affiliation
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Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post





It was another american election. I really don't give a shyte about it any more. Makes no difference who is actually in the white house. They all go around playing my di cks bigger than yours.

Your optimism knows no bounds! Have a good day Gerry.
 
gerryh
+1
#19
Some absentee ballots may be lost - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times


but then again, maybe the army times is a spoof site too.
 
tay
#20
Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post

You're as dense as the pretend metis and wanna be Canadian, old metis. My post was NOT a spoof, it was an actual concern voiced by american armed forces wives. Women my wife personally knows. So take your spoof and stick it up your a ss.
.




Whoooshhhhhhhhh........... I guess you didn't understand that the query you posed was based on a spoof story, but anyways Obama won without the Military vote.

I guess your wife's friend must be the wife of the one contractor who's vote supposedly didn't get mailed.


NOV 2, 2012

DoD spokeswoman Air Force Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan said Friday that to her knowledge, ballots were not stuck in Bahrain.
She said DoD has verified that all absentee ballots at Bahrain have "departed the Bahrain Military Postal Facility on a [U.S. Postal Service]-contracted air carrier destined for a U.S.P.S. international service center in the United States."



The contractor in Afghanistan has mailed a replacement ballot. Texas will accept absentee ballots mailed from outside the U.S. until Nov. 12, if they are postmarked by Nov. 6.

Military and overseas voters who mailed their ballots by Military Express Mail can check the whereabouts of their ballot using the tracking number and the U.S. Postal Service website. If there’s been plenty of time for the ballot to get there and it hasn’t, voters can mail a backup ballot, the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB). Local election officials have mechanisms in place so that they will only count one ballot.


Some absentee ballots may be lost - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times
 
gerryh
#21
No, her friends are actual wives and girlfriends of fighting men. The ones on the ground risking their lives every day they are away from home. This sis not something they picked up on the net but actual comments from their husbands. They didn't get the ballots period.
 
gopher
No Party Affiliation
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Quote:

tay,

If There was Hope, it must Lie in the Proles- george orwell

Freedom from religion, that's a goal worth striving for...........




Tay, you gave me a Red which I believe you intended for jerryh. I couldn't send you a PM so I had to mention it here.
 
In Between Man
Free Thinker
+1
#23
A plane crash?
 
tay
#24
Quote: Originally Posted by gopherView Post

Tay, you gave me a Red which I believe you intended for jerryh. I couldn't send you a PM so I had to mention it here.


Yes you are correct. I was on my craptop at the time and it can act up with wifi...............
 
karrie
No Party Affiliation
+1
#25
Tay, you may have seen it posted as a spoof as well, but it's an actual issue. What that amounts to is that you've fallen into a little bit of a misinformation campaign.

You're talking about wingnut right wingers, but this question is posed by a highly left leaning Canadian, talking about what his friends have reported happening in their personal lives. Perhaps you might want to look beyond the misinformation and see if there's any valid information you have on the issue.
 
gerryh
#26
Quote: Originally Posted by karrieView Post

Tay, you may have seen it posted as a spoof as well, but it's an actual issue. What that amounts to is that you've fallen into a little bit of a misinformation campaign.

You're talking about wingnut right wingers, but this question is posed by a highly left leaning Canadian, talking about what his friends have reported happening in their personal lives. Perhaps you might want to look beyond the misinformation and see if there's any valid information you have on the issue.


Doesn't matter Karrie, obviously Jenns girlfriends down there are lying through their teeth. It HAS to be. Tay says so.
 
Angstrom
Liberal
-1
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Quote: Originally Posted by gerryhView Post

I'm not a fu cking american, so I have no idea what you fu cking morons call your pieces of paper. The only thing I was doing was passing along some information that my wife received from friends of hers that have husbands overseas in the u.s. armed forces. I was just asking if anyone else had any more info on this.

Gerryh ..... You're a moron &
you need professional help.
 
JLM
No Party Affiliation
#28
Quote: Originally Posted by AngstromView Post

Gerryh ..... You're a moron &
you need professional help.

I'm not sure about that but mincing words isn't his long suit!
 
Angstrom
Liberal
#29
Quote: Originally Posted by JLMView Post

I'm not sure about that but mincing words isn't his long suit!


That's true..
Maybe he should stick to Laying Carpet. That's what he do's best.
 
JLM
No Party Affiliation
#30
Quote: Originally Posted by AngstromView Post

That's true..
Maybe he should stick to Laying Carpet. That's what he do's best.

I thought it was furnace installation!
 

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