Online Voting Rights for Overseas Military Personal
Having been deployed during an election I have some very passionate views on this issue. I have seen my friends simple ignore the absentee ballots they've received because there is no point for them. By the time their casted vote would arrive in the country the election would already be over and decide. This often times leads to even more apathy than the average American would feel regarding their 'vote not mattering".
This is not to say that our American soldiers are not civic minded and have no desire to participate. People serving on the frontline often times develop a great understanding of how policies out of Washington would effect their lives on a continually basis. Its these same policies that had requested they leave their family and friends for a time and serve their country elsewhere. They want to participate, but often times can't even get a letter home in less than a month, let alone a ballot.
Now I have heard the argument there is no way to secure anything on the internet. Yet if that were true shouldn't the US military stop sending Operations Orders and other important classified information via online means? Shouldn't the commanders at CENTCOM mail their orders to generals on the battlefield and hope they arrive in time to be valid? In the scope of things, we could secure a ballot along these other important documents just as well. One example I came up with just off the top of my head was having a distinct code on the absentee ballot; ballots that could be secured among Security documents, one would then enter this specific code while casting their online vote and then mail in the corresponding form. This would allow for the immediate vote to be cast, but allow a paper trail to soon follow. At the very least Online Voting for soldiers is something we should look into. It is a community building event that would enable soldiers to feel like they not only have a say, but they are still an active part of our country's politics. Besides if we are talking the need to secure something, what other agency could we trust more than the United States Military consider its part of their job?
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