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To: long-gone who wrote (6932)	11/20/2000 2:05:30 PM
From: Scott Bergquist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

From what I read, by law, ALL military mail MUST be post-marked. If the personnel failed to do it, blame them for the callous, illegal behavior. By the same token, it was the DUTY of the Democratic committee in West Palm Beach to examine the ballot AHEAD of the election, and complain THEN about any potential confusion. The potential for confusion was HUGELY obvious to me after seeing the ballot, and we have such a huge history of ballot snafus, someone in that county in the Democratic committee is RESONSIBLE!! Why this election now to be OUTRAGED about military votes. If, say, the Dukakis-Bush election showed 50% of military ballots were invalid, why didn't anyone get mad, get the postmarks THEN??!! I am certain it happened. Where was the outrage?? Now you know why it was important THEN! Forwarned is forearmed.

To: long-gone who wrote (6932)	11/20/2000 2:10:05 PM
From: david james	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Could you please cite any respected source that suggests that postmarks are not available at sea? Or should I conclude that you just thought this would make a nice statement. The Republican Chairman of the Armed Services Committe has stated that lack of a postmark was "due to human error". You seem to be arguing that he is deceiving us. 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.