humanevents.com - 10/27/2008
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Military ballots are still being rejected in Fairfax County, Va., by registrar Rokey Suleman on the basis that the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot, or FWAB, should have a witness address accompanying the signature. Federal law enabling military balloting by mail does not require the address, ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 10/24/2008
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The patchwork problem of federal and state election
regulations strikes again. Military ballots are being tossed in...
Fairfax Co, VA because of a "technicality." Not a lot of them compared to the size of the electorate, but more than a few. The ...
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Military Ballots Tossed In Fairfax
dailypress.com - 10/24/2008
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Virginia campaign officials for GOP presidential candidate John
McCain are saying that some Fairfax County absentee ballots...
— and possibly some in Hampton Roads — from overseas service members are getting rejected due to a technicality. But the ...
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Some service members have ballots rejected -
washingtonpost.com - 11/3/2008
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McCain Sues to Force Va. to Count Military Ballots
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Tammy Bruce —
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Military Ballots Still a Battleground in Virginia
Tell the Fairfax Count Registrar what you think of this.
Rokey Suleman Fairfax County General Registrar 703-222-0776 Rokey.Suleman@fairfaxcounty.gov
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The Anchoress —
... Here’s a travesty, though - that members of our military routinely see their votes disallowed. Seems to me that in this era of modern communication - and in an era where folks in Ohio can register themselves as living on parkbenches and vote the same day - our military men and women should be able to “register” wherever they are stationed (their “precints), vote there and have their votes counted and reported on by their superiors. Why is this so damned difficult? Our military deserve to be able to vote, real-time, and to have ...
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mudvillegazette.com 11/4/2008 — Why aren't both campaigns on this ? Republican John McCain's presidential campaign sued the Virginia election board Monday, claiming absentee ballots weren't mailed on time to military members serving overseas. That's twice this year Virginia has ...
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humanevents.com 10/26/2008 — Fairfax County Registrar Rokey Suleman is disqualifying an overwhelming majority of the military federal write-in absentee ballots received in his county on the basis that no address had been given for those witnessing the voter signatures on the ...
Judge orders Virginia to preserve absentee ballots from military
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 11/4/2008 — A Federal Judge in Virginia ordered election officials to hold on to late-arriving ballots from Military members.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Virginia election officials to hold on to late-arriving absentee ballots ...
McCain campaign sues over overseas military ballots
hamptonroads.com 11/4/2008 — RICHMOND John McCain's presidential campaign filed a federal suit Monday against Virginia seeking to extend by 10 days the deadline for the state's acceptance of military members' federal absentee ballots. Word of the suit emerged Monday afternoon, ...
VA/Fairfax County Machine Problems
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 11/4/2008 — Fairfax County, Virginia (CNN) — General Registrar Rokey Suleman said a handful of memory cards did not work when machines were started this morning. He tells CNN that new memory cards have already been sent out to those precincts with problems. ...
Military Prevented From Voting In Virginia | A Soldier's Perspective
soldiersperspective.us 10/22/2008 — CJ Military Prevented From Voting In Virginia October 22nd, 2008 by CJ The Fairfax County Registrar—and possibly other Registrars in Virginia—is rejecting most Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots (FWAB) cast by our men and women in uniform. The FWAB is ...
Military Ballots Remain Problem For 2008 Congressional Seats
westernfrontamerica.com 12/1/2008 — At a time when these young people are defending our country and its free institutions, the least we at home can do is to make sure that they are able to enjoy the rights they are being asked to fight to preserve.
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