Military post offices offer expedited ballot delivery, tracking

[unhappycamper]

Military post offices offer expedited ballot delivery, tracking
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, October 24, 2008

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — When troops overseas cast votes in past years, some worried whether their ballot would get home in time to be counted.

But that’s no longer a concern. A new Defense Department program will electronically track those ballots, and even speed them on their way via Express Mail.

"Track Your Vote" is a service of the Military Postal Service Agency being used at military post offices worldwide.

"Being overseas a lot of times, previous elections you’ll see that they’re still counting military votes after the election’s over," said Airman 1st Class Justin Mays, 21, of Knoxville, Tenn., a postal clerk with the 51st Communications Squadron at Osan Air Base, South Korea. "So by doing this, we’re ensuring that the customer’s ballot will be counted, and it just gives the voter a little peace of mind knowing that their vote is delivered."

The general election is Nov. 4, and ballots must be postmarked by that date to be counted.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58337

[zbdent]

1. ya think them Republicans are going to be so vocal about allowing

the military ballots (marked for Obama) to be postmarked 11/5, or even without a postmark, this time around?