Someone didn't like the fact that I encourage my military friends living abroad to vote and send in their absentee ballot back to their home states....+100 of them of my personal friends including those no longer in the military but living abroad. They then encourage their spouses and family members (adult children able to vote) to cast their ballots too...many via mail-in due to Coronavirus concerns if their family members were in the states. I was also impressed by the fact that those stationed abroad, their commanders made sure that all those in their units did cast an absentee ballot (Republican / Democrat) instead of not voting at all. A lot of them are from Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Kentucky. Four of those states (Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada) are now in close races and the absentee ballots will soon follow. Military polls prior to the Elections had the members and veterans going for Biden. I personally polled my own friends...overwhelmingly for Biden too. It's nice to see that our voices will be heard and we can help seal the deal for Biden so that we can get a new Commander in Chief...active duty, national guard, reserves and veterans (like me). Unfortunately, President Trump is still trying to disenfranchise the military vote via their absentee ballots. ------- "Forward men, forward for God's sake, and drive those fellows out of the woods". Union Maj. John F. Reynolds, 1st Corps commander of the Army of the Potomac, on McPherson's Ridge while bringing infantry reinforcements to help Union cavalry on the morning of July 1, 1863 (Pennsylvania - Battle of Gettysburg). ------- Election 2020 Military absentee ballots are still coming in to battleground states Karen Jowers 7 hours ago Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4. (Matt Slocum/AP) As all eyes are on ballot counts in a handful of states, the military absentee ballot is getting more attention in the presidential election — particularly in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. With the race down to the wire in Georgia, those military absentee ballots could make a difference, according to Count Every Hero, an advocacy group with members including retired and former leaders like former Joint Chiefs chairman retired Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford Jr., former Air Force Secretary Debbie Lee James and retired Navy Adm. Jon Greenert, former chief of naval operations. And the ballots are still coming in — as long as the ballots were postmarked by Nov. 3, and received by Nov. 6, they are counted. Statewide numbers of absentee ballots coming in from military members and overseas U.S. citizens are not yet available, as each county in Georgia has that information. In 2016, there were 12,432 military and overseas citizen absentee ballots counted in Georgia, including 5,203 military ballots. While little is being said about ballots coming from U.S. citizens overseas, those ballots could make a difference, too — and their numbers are traditionally larger than the military absentee ballots. There are still tens of thousands of military absentee ballots yet to be counted Military and overseas citizens' ballots are still coming in. Will they make a difference? In North Carolina, for example, there were 17,201 military and overseas absentee ballots counted in the 2016 presidential election, including 6,317 military absentee ballots. Currently in North Carolina, where the margins are close, the number of outstanding military ballots alone is worth about 6 percent of the margin currently separating Trump and Biden, according to an analysis by Count Every Hero. And the ballots are still coming in to North Carolina, too. In that state, local election officials accept absentee ballots from military and overseas voters through Nov. 12 — and no postmark is required on the ballot. Unit Voting Assistance Officer Ensign Samuel Straub, left, assists Fire Controlman 2nd Class William Vaughn on absentee voting paperwork aboard the mess decks of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Aug. 29, 2020. (MC2 Indra Beaufort/Navy) In Pennsylvania and Nevada, election officials count absentee ballots from military and overseas citizens that arrive by Nov. 10. In Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona, state law requires these absentee ballots be received by Election Day. There has been much discussion about ballots coming in after Election Day, and whether they should be counted. But many states have long had laws and rules in place that allow for longer transit time for absentee ballots coming from military members and their families, and from U.S. citizens living overseas, all of whom receive protections under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, known as UOCAVA. The U.S. Constitution provides that state legislatures have the responsibility for making the rules regarding elections. This is a developing story. Stay with Military Times for updates. https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-b...s-are-still-coming-in-to-battleground-states/ wrbtrader
More ballots arriving in Georgia from overseas and provisional voters Politics | 14 hours ago By Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thousands of military, overseas and provisional ballots will soon be added to Georgia’s vote count, another trove of votes besides those already accounted for. There were 8,899 absentee ballots from military and overseas voters that hadn’t yet been returned to election offices in Georgia as of Thursday morning, according to the secretary of state’s office. Another 17,529 overseas ballots had already been returned and counted. Military and overseas ballots have a later deadline than other absentee ballots, according to federal law. While Georgia’s deadline for domestic absentee ballots is 7 p.m. on Election Day, overseas absentee ballots will be counted if they’re postmarked by Tuesday and received at county election offices by Friday. In addition, voters have until Friday to correct problems with provisional and absentee ballots. Election officials lack a statewide count of outstanding provisional ballots in Georgia, which were issued when voters went to the wrong precinct, their registration information couldn’t be found or they lacked photo ID. Fulton County reported 3,900 provisional ballots, and DeKalb County had 1,600. But data on how many provisional ballots were pending in most other counties weren’t available. Election officials will count provisional ballots without any further action needed from voters in many cases. For example, if a ballot was cast in the wrong precinct, votes will be counted for races that the voter was eligible to participate in. But if voters' registration information is in question, they would need to provide it to county elections offices before the end of the day Friday for their ballots to be counted. Voters also face a Friday deadline to correct problems with rejected absentee ballots. Election officials had rejected nearly 2,000 absentee ballots through Thursday, mostly for mismatched or missing signatures. Election officials were required by state law to contact voters and allow them fix errors. https://www.ajc.com/politics/more-b...rovisional-voters/2IKU3WM5XZD7FDQE5DAOKYXTMY/ ------- “America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.” Claudia Pemberton ------- wrbtrader
Wouldn't surprise anyone because he never did like the United States Armed Forces, Veterans nor American Citizens living abroad. Sweet Karma now that we are the ones that are helping to seal the deal on a new Commander in Chief after so much disrespect by Trump. Mark Kelly (a military boy whom Trump mocked) is now winning McCain's old seat in Arizona... Lets politics know that when the military is not respected...you reap what you sow. P.S. Will be nice to Mark Kelly wife (Gabby Giffords) at his side on the hill. Great woman in Arizona. wrbtrader
As I recall, most officers do not favor Trump, but most of the rank and file do. And there are more of the latter. But did the latter vote at the same rate as the former? Hmm...
Generals and officers do not like Trump because he would not start a new war or increase the military in Afghanistan,ect Rank and file LIKE Trump because HE DID NOT START A WAR WHICH WOULD OF GOTTEN ALOT OF THEM KILLED. Who knows what Biden would do. It's a toss up on that one.
Yeah.... good luck with that.... a large majority of the rank and file voted for Biden. For example the entire area around Fayetteville in North Carolina is associated with Fort Bragg Fort Bragg is one of the largest military installations in the world. The entire area around went blue in the 2020 Presidential election.