Wednesday, November 29, 2000

It is my understanding, or it was my understanding, that we have the privilege of a secret ballot. I question how we can expect a ballot to be cast in secret when it has to be witnessed at the time of the ballot, and then the signature has to be verified by those opening the ballots.

It is a well known fact that many people either do not follow instructions, or do not read instructions, or do not understand them. When balloting is changed from the from the norm, many ballots can be expected to be thrown out.

It is my opinion that if a vote is cast in a manner that can be easily interpreted then it should count. I would hope that federal guidelines will be established to protect our military forces from the games played by political parties.

Ted Marsh

Fayetteville

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