Those military voters received Federal Absentee Write - in Ballots, or FAWBs.
Not exact matches
Most
voters don't expect to
receive protection from the
military for free, or demand that others to pay for the Department of Education, Medicare transfers to the states, and all other federally - funded programs.
However, the Department of Defense granted a waiver to its requirement that
military voters get at least 45 days to
receive their absentee ballots.
While some states have made it possible for
military or abroad
voters to return absentee ballots by e-mail or by fax, Kellner said New York had rejected that idea out of concerns over
voter privacy and the risk of vote interception, and was instead focusing on making it easier for absentee
voters to
receive ballots.
That came after the state
received a waiver in 2010 that allowed it to keep the federal primary in September despite the 2009 passage of the federal MOVE Act requiring states to provide absentee ballots to
military and overseas
voters no later than 45 days before a federal general election.
These results do no include absentee ballots, which must be
received by April 7 for domestic
voters and by April 13 for overseas and
military voters.