Iraq war focus of voting soldiers

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By the Associated Press
Article Launched: 11/02/2008 01:00:26 AM PDT

... Capt. Justin Davis Harper .. returning from a patrol into the northern city of Mosul's most violent zone ... said "a small minority are excited about elections" in his 130-member "Killer Troop" of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. But most have not voted although they have had the opportunity to do so ...

"Most soldiers talk about what they are going to get out of the election -- our pay raises, who will want to send us home or not," said Cpl. Sean Morton, a 25-year-old reconnaissance scout from Boston.

The voting process for troops overseas has been criticized as overly bureaucratic, antiquated and flawed.

Soldiers must request by mail an absentee ballot from the local election district where they last lived. Then they are sent a paper ballot to fill out and mail back. Some soldiers said they never got ballots ...

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