Comments on: Absentee Return Possibility http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/2010/02/03/absentee-return-possibility/ Champaign County Clerk Blog Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:53:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: William J. Kelleher, Ph.D. http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/2010/02/03/absentee-return-possibility/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 William J. Kelleher, Ph.D. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:09:52 +0000 http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/?p=313#comment-2167 I am writing a book which will advocate Internet voting in the US. It can be done with all the security of an online purchase or electronic banking. Two chapters discuss the security issues, and the sabotage of DoD’s SERVE system in 2004. “Internet Voting: The Great Security Scare,” and “The Reasonable Person Standard and the Critique of Leading Figures in the Making of Public Policy: The Case of Internet Voting." All my chapter drafts are online for free reading or downloading at: http://ssrn.com/author=1053589 Comments welcome! William J. Kelleher, Ph.D. InternetVoting@gmail.com I am writing a book which will advocate Internet voting in the US. It can be done with all the security of an online purchase or electronic banking. Two chapters discuss the security issues, and the sabotage of DoD’s SERVE system in 2004.

“Internet Voting: The Great Security Scare,” and “The Reasonable Person Standard and the Critique of Leading Figures in the Making of Public Policy: The Case of Internet Voting.”
All my chapter drafts are online for free reading or downloading at:
http://ssrn.com/author=1053589

Comments welcome!

William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
InternetVoting@gmail.com

]]> By: Bob Carey http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/2010/02/03/absentee-return-possibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Bob Carey Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:21:32 +0000 http://blog.champaigncountyclerk.com/?p=313#comment-1978 Given that absentee ballots can take upwards of 60 days for the round trip for military and overseas voters, I find this data encouraging! Speaking for the military and overseas voters I've talked with, and having been both myself, I can tell you that nothing is more depressing to someone who's taken an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States (as all military personnel have), and to be effectively told that their vote really doesn't matter because the ballot doesn't arrive until one, five, or ten days before the election, and they know it will take at least two weeks to get back. The Federal Voting Assistance Program encourages States to align their voting laws to allow military and overseas voters absentee ballots to arrive up to 15 days after the election, and to be sent out at least 45 days prior. We also recommend they be sent out by fax and email in order to eliminate the mail delivery delays in the first half of the process. Illinois has been a leader in supporting military and overseas voting rights, but unfortunately only Cook County emails or faxes the ballots to the voters. We deeply appreciate your support for military and overseas voters, encourage you to continue your 45 and 60 day prior transmission deadlines, and to consider sending them by email as well. Bob Carey Director Federal Voting Assistance Program Given that absentee ballots can take upwards of 60 days for the round trip for military and overseas voters, I find this data encouraging! Speaking for the military and overseas voters I’ve talked with, and having been both myself, I can tell you that nothing is more depressing to someone who’s taken an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States (as all military personnel have), and to be effectively told that their vote really doesn’t matter because the ballot doesn’t arrive until one, five, or ten days before the election, and they know it will take at least two weeks to get back.

The Federal Voting Assistance Program encourages States to align their voting laws to allow military and overseas voters absentee ballots to arrive up to 15 days after the election, and to be sent out at least 45 days prior. We also recommend they be sent out by fax and email in order to eliminate the mail delivery delays in the first half of the process. Illinois has been a leader in supporting military and overseas voting rights, but unfortunately only Cook County emails or faxes the ballots to the voters. We deeply appreciate your support for military and overseas voters, encourage you to continue your 45 and 60 day prior transmission deadlines, and to consider sending them by email as well.

Bob Carey
Director
Federal Voting Assistance Program

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