October 13, 2004

Military Voters' Ballot Privacy Threatened

Service men and women from North Dakota and Missouri currently, serving overseas have been offered voting options by those states that promote the use of e-mail and fax machines. The proposal would allow military voters to send in completed ballots, which will necessarily associate the name of the voter with each ballot submitted in this way, to an office in the Pentagon. With decisions regarding promotions and assignments made by superiors this decision places special focus on the importance of a secret ballot. The reason the secret ballot is so important is the history of voter intimidation and coercion that have occurred in the past.

Protect the Privacy & Integrity of Soldiers' Ballots, Act for Change, October 2004