Reply #16: AR: Armed Forces Voting Week [View All]

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KTHV Channel 11

Secretary of State Charlie Daniels is urging armed forces members to vote. Daniels held a news conference at the state Capitol to declare "Armed Forces Voting Week" next week. A Democrat seeking a second term, Daniels says military voters serving overseas can request an absentee ballot over the next week to ensure they'll get their ballot and have their vote counted in the November 7 election.

Overseas and military voters can request an absentee ballot application from a county clerk or complete a federal application available from a military voting assistance officer.

Daniels' Republican rival, Jim Lagrone, arrived at the end of the news conference and claimed Daniels hasn't done enough to ensure military votes were counted in previous elections. Lagrone told reporters a number of military voters were disenfranchised in the 2004 presidential election. And Lagrone's son, a member of the Army National Guard, silently held a sign claiming that his vote wasn't counted in the 2004 election.

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