Absentee ballots may have been destroyed in crash

[Tony_FLADEM]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been burned in a plane crash.

A top official in the Federal Voting Assistance Program this week notified election officials across the nation that a transport plane crashed at Shindad Air Base on Oct. 19.

The crash resulted in the destruction of 4,700 pounds of mail inbound to troops serving in the area.

Federal officials in their email to state election offices said they did not know if any ballots were destroyed. They also said the lost mail was limited to one zip code.

But they recommended that election officials resend a new ballot to anyone who requested one since the first ballot may have been destroyed in the crash and fire.

http://news.yahoo.com/absentee-ballots-may-destroyed-crash-210240583--election.html

[LisaL]

1. Yikes.

[LaydeeBug]

2. I love how it doesn't say which zip code.

but that's a lot of poundage for just one zip code.

Seriously

[iemitsu]

3. Because the troops were supportive of the President

their ballots are destroyed in a plane crash. Hum?
Sounds like a first to me.

[robinlynne]

4. but all overseas military are voting on the web this year. Sevral articles about it. 2.3 milllion

people. So this mail should not contain ballots. besides, I lived overseas; ballots are not mailed 10 days before an election. Something is wrong with this story.

[We People]

5. What are the odds...?

I'm sorry if anyone was injured or killed in the crash. No detail about the crash, the kind of plane, how often those kinds of crashes happen? No? I didn't think so.

Looks like I may need to leave this hat on for at least another week, because nothing surprises me any more.

[zbdent]

6. I honestly feel really bad for these men and women ... and it's not the ballots making me feel

like this ...

just think of all the letters from home they will not get ... that's what I'm thinking about ...

[bkkyosemite]

7. Seems strange it does not talk about whether people were hurt....was this on purpose

[sandyshoes17]

8. Only dems vote absentee or by mail

They push us to do this, but they throw them in the trash, repubs never vote by mail. I would not trust it at all. I hear all these people say, I just got my absentee ballot. I think you just wasted a vote. They are tossed

[LisaL]

9. What are you talking about?

In many states, republicans actually prefer to vote absentee and outperform democrats.