Few states allow overseas troops to vote by e-mail

U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare. Yet when it comes to voting, most troops are stuck in the past.

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The Barack Obama campaign is urging state election officials to make an extra effort to count all military absentee votes, even though most of those votes might be expected to support the Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

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Military voting rights not democratic

Eight years ago I was in boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif. It was election season then as it is now, but back then voting meant something different for me.

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