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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (80785)	11/18/2000 7:37:35 AM
From: Mao II	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

DAY 11: America Held Hostage: ...Well into the evening — and hours after they had planned on doing the count — several of the state's large counties had not yet opened a single ballot because officials and lawyers from both parties were still debating the rules for gauging their validity. State law says that ballots from other countries must be postmarked. But Ms. Harris issued a statement earlier this week saying that they did not have to be postmarked by Election Day, as long as they were signed and dated by Election Day. In other words, a ballot that was filled out on Election Day but mailed the next day would still be valid. Election officials in several counties, however, said today that they had always understood that ballots postmarked after Election Day were invalid, and that they had rejected such ballots in previous elections. Democratic officials in several of those counties said Ms. Harris wanted the maximum number of overseas votes counted in the belief that they would benefit Mr. Bush. Ms. Harris's office did not return repeated calls seeking comment, nor was a reporter who went to her office several times today permitted to speak with anyone there. .... nytimes.com

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (80785)	11/18/2000 7:50:16 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I don't remember my mail or my brothers mail having postmarks in the years 67 thru 71 while while in the USMC and outside the country. I am looking at a couple old envelopes now. They just say Par Avion Free and the address and unit address for return. One has a small faded mark that reads US Military and a word too faded to read. Nothing like a dated post mark on them. I wonder how they would have been treated if they had been absentee ballots? TG

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (80785)	11/18/2000 9:53:24 AM
From: Michael M	Respond to of 769670

NOTE TO JOINT CHIEFS -- Resign immediately or stand by like a bunch of vain wussies while your men and women are disenfranchised. ACT or you shame the uniform we have worn.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (80785)	11/18/2000 9:57:56 AM
From: Thehammer	Respond to of 769670

<<Gore to GIs: Drop Dead! >> Sadly this has been the Clinton-Gore legacy over the past 8 years. On one hand we hear, "let every vote be counted" and "the will of the "people", while on the other we hear of our military being unable to vote or their votes rejected.