Why don't Democrats want the military to vote ?

Question

Why do they try to stop the votes that come from navy ships during elections ?

For example, during the Florida Recount when Al Gore tried to get the court order to stop their votes from being allowed .

Answer 1

I've read that in the 2000 election, some of the overseas soldier's votes were held up in transit by delays , and the Democrats didn't want them counted ( Oh, gee, we send our boys and girls overseas, and because of circumstances beyond THEIR control, their votes didn't reach the mainland in time?!), and yet the Dems kept yelling and yelling for more recounts at home, delaying the outcome. Huh. Many soldiers hailed from Florida, too. Imagine THAT. The problem is, maybe that our military should be given a 2-3 month advance vote, to make sure they get shipped back in time, or sent electronically to avoid that. The Democrats said Tough Luck to the delayed votes cast overseas, yet wanted every little scrap and chad counted in Florida. Just like they know the minorities vote for them, the military votes mostly conservative and Republican. No matter that many soldiers are minority these days, and may vote Democrat. Better off to lose them all, than allow any. I wonder if anything is being done to improve the situation of overseas military voting?
- The Gremlin Guy -

Answer 2

People I know who are in the military were told during the last Presidential election to vote for the incumbent party if they wanted a pay raise. Bush won by a narrow margin. Perhaps the armed forces put him over the top.

Answer 3

It's the Bush Administration that didn't want the military to vote :

"The Bush-Cheney operatives sent hundreds of thousands of letters marked “Do not forward” to voters’ homes. Letters returned (”caged”) were used as evidence to block these voters’ right to cast a ballot on grounds they were registered at phony addresses. Who were the evil fakers? Homeless men, students on vacation and — you got to love this — American soldiers. Oh yeah: most of them are Black voters.

Why weren’t these African-American voters home when the Republican letters arrived? The homeless men were on park benches, the students were on vacation — and the soldiers were overseas. Go to Baghdad, lose your vote. Mission Accomplished.

How do I know? I have the caging lists…

I have them because they are attached to the emails Rove insists can’t be found. I have the emails. 500 of them — sent to our team at BBC after the Rove-bots accidentally sent them to a web domain owned by our friend John Wooden.

Here’s what you need to know — and the Committee would have discovered, if only they’d asked:

1. ‘Caging’ voters is a crime, a go-to-jail felony.
2. Griffin wasn’t “involved” in the caging, Ms. Goodling. Griffin, Rove’s right-hand man (right-hand claw), was directing the illegal purge and challenge campaign. How do I know? It’s in the email I got. Thanks. And it’s posted below.
3. On December 7, 2006, the ragin’, cagin’ Griffin was named, on Rove’s personal demand, US Attorney for Arkansas. Perpetrator became prosecutor.

The committee was perplexed about Monica’s panicked admission and accusations about the caging list because the US press never covered it. That’s because, as Griffin wrote to Goodling in yet another email (dated February 6 of this year, and also posted below), their caging operation only made the news on BBC London: busted open, Griffin bitched, by that “British reporter,” Greg Palast."

Answer 4

the only time in which demorats tried to prevent absentee ballots from being counted through legal means was during the 2000 election. they tried to invalidate the ballots because of a missing postmark. fortunately the courts saw through effort.

Answer 5

All in the military can vote by absentee ballot. I know of no Democrats that advocate not allowing them to exercise their right to vote. Many members of the armed forces are Democrats, it would be self defeating to prevent them from voting.

Answer 6

Because the Republicans usually get the majority of military votes. The more of those votes they can stop the better for there chances to get elected

Answer 7

A statement like that definitely requires some form of reference.

Answer 8

I consider myself a republican, but that accusation is a bit harsh. I've never heard of that.

Answer 9

Can you cite a source for your accusations -- because you are accusing a large number of people of committing federal felonies -- and when doing so, it usually makes your argument stronger if you have specific citations.

Answer 10

because they can't control there vote like the do the black vote,and elderly.