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 | | August 14, 2012 |
| | Military Voting
by Kerby Anderson | | Should people in the military be allowed to vote? Everyone would probably agree to that question. Should we make it easier for people in the military to vote since many of them serve overseas? That is a different question and is the subject of a lawsuit in Ohio.Ohio is a battleground state with 18 electoral votes. No Republican has ever been elected president without carrying the Buckeye state. So it should not be surprising that election laws in the state are being given great scrutiny. The Obama campaign has sued the statedover it new voting rules which allow the military more flexibility in voting. Service members are given three more days of early voting than the general population.Ohio did this because members of the Armed Forces are often subject to restriction and scheduling conflicts. It isn’t easy to drop your rifle at a moment’s notice, vote, and then mail in your ballot. But the Obama campaign argues that the Ohio provision is unconstitutional and “arbitrary.” But one has to wonder if the real concern is that the military often vote Republican. For example, a recent Gallup poll among veterans showed Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama 58 to 34 percent.Many of us remember the 2000 Presidential election when over 1,500 ballots from overseas military members were thrown out by the people involved in the Florida recount. Later the ballots were reinstated, but the controversy about military voting apparently remains to this day.During the last presidential election, only 20 percent of the 2.5 million-member military was able to successfully vote by absentee ballot. Two years ago, it dropped to merely 5 percent. While it is no doubt true that many do not vote due to apathy, it is also true that many would like to vote if we made it easier for them to vote. The Ohio law aimed it making it easier for them to cast a ballot in what will be a very important election.This latest controversy over military voting, along with the battles over voter ID, illustrates how important this election is to both political parties. I’m Kerby Anderson, and that’s my point of view. |
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