S&S: Groups at odds with Pentagon over e-mail ballots

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Groups at odds with Pentagon over e-mail ballots

Army Sgt. Joshua Payne might have voted in the 2004 election. But a deployment to Iraq got in the way.

In the end, the 24-year-old 32nd Signal Battalion member said it just wasn’t worth it.

“Between deployments and everything, it’s too hard,” the Darmstadt, Germany-based soldier said. “Mail was so slow out there, it was kind of pointless.”

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Eight states agreed to receive e-mailed ballots from overseas voters, Dr. David Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in September. But concerns over privacy, personal security and vote tampering have critics crying foul over the DOD-sponsored initiative, warning that voting by e-mail is an unsecure process that could lead to identity theft or vote tampering.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41284

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1. If we're such a great nation...

Why haven't we figured out a way for our soldiers to vote?