The White Falcon - 02.11.1984, Page 2

Absentee votes will count despite mailing delays
The Department of Defense has learned that
some states are experiencing delays in forward-
ing absentee ballots for the General Election.
Wherever these delays have occured, action is
underway by the DOD Federal Voting Assistance
Office, working in conjunction with the U.S. De-
partment of Justice, to ensure that absentee
ballots are mailed to voters as soon as possi-
ble.
Commanders will promulgate following guidance
throughout their areas of responsibility: some
voters planning to vote by absentee ballot in
the Nov. 6 General Election may not receive
their ballots in time to vote and return the
completed ballot to their voting precincts by
the required date. All voters are urged to cast
their ballots and return them regardless of the
date the absentee ballot is received. If absen-
tee voters have reason to believe that they re-
ceived their ballot too late to meet the dead-
line, they should, in addition to voting and re-
turning the ballot promptly, notify their unit
voting officer or the Federal Votinq Assistance
Program Officer, Rm. 18457, Pentagon, Washing-
ton, D.C., 20309. The following information
should be provided: name, ssn, voting address,
voting location (precinct, county, city, state),
and, if available, the following three dates (1)
when ballot was requested (2) when the ballot
was received (3) when completed ballot was mail-
ed to voting jurisdiction. Reports of this nat-
ure will enable DOD Voting Officials to conduct
follow-up investigations and other actions if
warranted. In view of the delays some states
and local jurisdictions have experienced in mail
ing absentee ballots, APO and FPO authorities
have requested to hand cancel ballots being re-
Please see VOTE on pg. 3
Personal perspective
Three space shuttles - Columbia, Challenger,
and Discovery - have now orbited in space. And
there is a fourth one waiting to be completed.
SH2 Edwin Turla-It's
just a fantasy for
me. If it happens in
the near future it
will be great.
PC3 Chad Vincent--I
wish they would use
the average person.
It1 s the everyday per-
son who dreams about
things like this.
Atlantis. With all themedia attention surrounding
the shuttles, the White Falcon asked: What are
your feel ings about travel ing on the space shuttle?
Mrs. Bonnie Monrey—
My husband's in the
A.F. and I can hard-
ly make it pass white
knuckle flying. Some-
one else can fly.
LCPL Vernon Winstead-
It would be an ad-
vancement for man-
kind and give me an
experience other
people haven't had.
THE WHITE FALCON is published weekly by the Ice-
land Defense Force Public Affairs Office for Mil-
itary and civilian personnel and their dependents
stationed in Iceland. It is printed by the Naval
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COMICEDEFOR...................RADM Ronald E. Narmi
Public Affairs Officer........CDR Dorothy J. Schmidt
Editorial Staff
Editor...........................JOl Howard Watters
Photographer..........................PH2 Jeff Wood
Layout/Reporter...............J03 Gregory Belmore
Layout/Reporter...............J03 Elizabeth Rathbone
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