Hi Jim,

>Neat cartoon, probably reflecting what went on.
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>So I'll assume that if any (military or otherwise) votes only get counted after electoral decisions are made, that's fine with you.
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No, it's not fine at all. I don't know of ANYONE, military or civilian, that would bother to vote if they knew that their votes didn't count. Nor do I know of anyone that thinks that it is ok for absentee voting to NOT count. I cannot believe that anyone would support military going overseas and risking their lives and not having their votes count back home. I believe most voters honestly believe (based on my experience and talking with others) that their votes do count and 'IF' the number of absentee votes would actually change the election results, the votes would do so and the winner would be the candidate that won due to all votes including absentee votes. Now that would have to have an impact on the electoral college for it to actually happen of course.


>As an outsider it would represent a strange practise if true (that schedules for vote certifications, and such, can almost certainly cause exclusion of SOME votes, military or otherwise).
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>>http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.asp?PicID=574
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>>>Knowing that you were in the military for many years, what did you think about the handling of votes by military personnel as came to light during the Florida fiasco?
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>>>When I heard some of the details I sure got to thinking that those votes likely never are counted, at least NOT in time to impact any decision dates surrounding election procedures.
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>>>>http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/elecpop.htm