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To: William Brotherson who wrote (17629)	11/18/2000 2:05:52 PM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

William, although I sympathize with your concern about making voting simpler for overseas military people, I don't know if I like the idea of someone in the Pentagon counting ballots. Seems too close to the appearance of military control over our voting process. Plus, if anyone could screw it up worse than the PMC officials, it would be the Pentagon :-) However, there is a real problem when half the ballots from conscientious, intelligent, servicemen and women are tossed due to procedural problems. If a postmark didn't get posted, and assuming the ballot was turned in on time, that is not the service member's fault, and it needs to be corrected in the next election. Similarly with the signature of a witness. Who is eligible to witness a ballot? Does it have to be a notary? Can another military person do it? Maybe some couldn't find the right individual to act as a witness. Perhaps the answer is a uniform military absentee ballot to be used nationwide. And some way of ensuring that every ballot receives a postmark. That should not be that difficult at APO and FPO addresses, though overseas civilian postmarks might be more difficult to control. Good luck with your project!