Military requests for absentee ballots are remarkably low this year, “The absentee ballot data for 2012 paints a bleak picture for In Virginia, North Carolina,
according to a recent report from a military voting advocacy group that
faults the Defense Department with not providing mandated voter
assistance to service members.
military voters,” a report from the Military Voting Participation
Project says.
and Ohio less than 2% of all active-duty military members and their
spouses have requested absentee ballots for the November election. And
between 5% and 8% of military voters in Illinois, Colorado, Nevada and
Alaska have made the request.