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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (81940)	11/19/2000 2:13:08 PM
From: david james	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"The postmark does not have a date." I believe that all postmarks, including the military ballots have dates. Read again the statements from the Republican supporters. They are not arguing that some postmarks are missing dates. Rather, they are arguing that due to human error and rushed military postal offices, many of the ballots do not have any postmarks at all. The senator is arguing that these ballots should be counted since the human error creating the lack of postmark was not the fault of the individuals voting. cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said he was "distressed" by reports that absentee ballots from members of the military may not be counted because they lacked postmarks. Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia, raised the issue in a letter to Defense Secretary William Cohen on Friday. "My Senate office, and those of other Senators, are receiving calls and e-mails from constituents alleging that local elections officials are being asked not to count absentee ballots from overseas military personnel and their families which do not bear postmarks, although those ballots were received in the voter's state by the deadline set by state law," the letter said. "It is a fact, regrettably, that a number of absentee ballots from overseas U.S. military personnel do not bear a postmark," the senator continued, attributing the omissions to "human error." "As Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, I am deeply distressed that our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines may lose their votes through no fault of their own," said Warner's letter. The Pentagon had no immediate response to the letter and Cohen is currently traveling in the Persian Gulf region. Military postal regulations require that a postmark be affixed.