Thursday, September 27, 2007

Absentee voting rates very low, report says

By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Sep 26, 2007 10:26:14 EDT

About half of the military voters who requested absentee ballots for the 2006 elections voted successfully, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

Some 56 percent of domestic military absentee voters who requested ballots had their votes counted, while 47 percent of overseas military voters who requested ballots had their ballots counted, according to the report to Congress.

More at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/military_electionsurvey_070926/