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Those missing military ballots
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� 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
Now it's up to the military.
In most countries, facing a constitutional crisis over a hung election would
be a scary prospect. But in America, military service people have
traditionally exhibited sounder voting judgment than the civilian population.
Thus, as America waits for the absentee ballots -- many from members of the
armed services stationed overseas -- to be counted this week in the closest
presidential election in history, a heavy turnout opposing Vice President Al
Gore is expected.
But will that be the case?
WorldNetDaily's Jon Dougherty has been reporting that many overseas service
personnel have been denied their right to participate in the selection of a
new commander-in-chief. Many continue to say they have been "cheated" out of
their vote -- due to their absentee ballots either arriving late or never
arriving at all.
Some military families speculate about the possibility of an agenda behind
the strange backlog. Many wonder out loud if a Democrat administration
purposely delayed or denied thousands of servicemen and women their right to
vote, assuming, based on past elections, that most overseas military votes
would end up in the Republican column.
Some U.S. military families in Germany are reportedly flying the American
flag upside down -- a traditional sign of distress -- at their places of
residence, as a result of the presidential election and the subsequent
balloting difficulties.
And it gets worse. There are reports of thousands of ballots still sitting in
mailbags aboard at least one U.S. navy ship, the USS Tarawa near Yemen. They
were reportedly never picked up, despite the fact that mail is being
delivered to the same warship.
Keep in mind, WorldNetDaily broke this story before the election -- before
anyone had any idea just how close this election would be and how much it
would depend on absentee ballots.
And though few official meaningful explanations have been forthcoming from
the Pentagon, there is no question that WorldNetDaily's stories have
attracted the attention of the highest officials in the land.
First Kenneth Bacon, official spokesman for the Defense Department and Monica
Lewinsky's boss, did his best to disparage WorldNetDaily's reporting in a
press conference last week.
Bacon referred to WorldNetDaily's first report as "ludicrous."
Bacon attempted to shift blame away from the Pentagon and instead put the
onus on servicemen themselves, though he acknowledged that the service
branches -- at one point -- do handle mail for service members.
One reporter, in an attempt to find out what information Bacon was using to
refute WorldNetDaily's story, asked, "How would you know whether people are
having problems [getting their ballots] or not? How do you know that?"
Bacon: "Well, apparently somebody talked to this Internet service. But I
assume they could go to an official on the ship or at the base and say, 'I
haven't got my ballot.'"
Q: "But how would you know back here? In other words, on what basis are you
answering our questions today?"
Bacon: "Well, I'm answering your questions completely on the basis of
procedure; what the procedures are -- "
Q: "Right, so you don't know. There could be -- "
Bacon: "and I think -- I think -- let me just point out; the most important
thing for everybody to realize is that the Pentagon encourages people to
vote, but it -- and it tells them how to vote; that is, it tells them the
procedures to follow, and the procedures generally involve requesting an
absentee ballot from a local authority well enough ahead of time so that the
person can get the ballot returned by election day. That's the primary role
we play."
The Pentagon has also said that about 130,000 service personnel in 1996 --
because of a failure of ballot delivery or request by the member -- did not
get absentee ballots and could not vote.
The Pentagon has since done its best to quiet whistleblowers in its ranks.
Navy Lt. Dave Gai, the Pentagon spokesman who initially spoke to
WorldNetDaily about the story, admitted hearing reports "about this [absentee
ballot non-deliveries] within the past week," but said that the Defense
Department was "trying to get more information."
The day after the story broke, however, an agitated Gai contacted WND to
complain, saying the report was "biased" and incorrect -- though he failed to
cite any factual error, other than that he had been incorrectly referred to
as an Army spokesman instead of a Defense Department spokesman.
Would anyone put it past the Clinton administration to manipulate an election
this way after eight years of political dirty tricks and abuse of federal
agencies? I wouldn't. And at least one member of Congress has called for an
investigation of the whole mess.
Rep. Joe Scarborough, R-Fla., in a letter to Rep. Floyd Spence, R-S.C., said
an investigation was warranted due to "numerous reports that our military men
and women were unable to vote in Tuesday's election due to delays in
receiving absentee ballots."
So far, no word on whether the House Armed Services Committee will take up
the call. Maybe you had better give some members of Congress a nudge.
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