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 | Translate: 翻译：               Troops Have to Fight for Their Right to Vote部队抗击为他们的投票权 Monday, November 3rd, 2008 星期一， 2008年十一月3日 Active-duty military members arguably have more to lose than anyone else in Tuesday’s election, but voting can be an obstacle course for servicemen and -women overseas.现役军队的成员可以说有更多的失去比任何人都在星期二的选举，但投票可以成为一个障碍的军人和妇女海外。 The Dallas Morning News reports that in 2006 only one-third of the absentee ballots requested by US armed forces personnel abroad were counted.在达拉斯新闻早报报道，在2006年只有三分之一的选票所要求的美国武装部队人员在国外被计数。 For US troops serving overseas, nothing comes easy.美军海外服役，没有一样是容易的。 Not even voting.甚至没有参加表决。 Military members may not have enough time to complete and mail in their absentee ballots for Tuesday’s election, thanks to slow mail delivery, lack of information sharing among election officials, and procedural errors.军事人员可能没有足够的时间来完成和电子邮件在其选票星期二的选举中，由于邮件传递缓慢，缺乏信息交流的选举官员，以及程序错误。 In the 2006 elections, about a third of the close to 1 million absentee ballots requested by uniformed overseas voters were returned and tallied, essentially disenfranchising the remaining 600,000-plus service members, according to the federal Election Assistance Commission.在2006年选举中，大约三分之一的近100万选票的要求穿制服的海外选民被退回和统计，基本上剥夺剩余的600000加服务的成员，根据联邦选举委员会提供援助。 Barack Obama and John McCain have called on state election officials to reduce the voting obstacles for preventing military personnel from voting.奥巴马和麦凯恩已呼吁州选举官员，以减少投票的障碍，以防止军事人员参加投票。 And Texas Sen. John Cornyn sponsored a bill that passed the Senate this month directing the Department of Defense to make absentee voting easier for service members stationed abroad.和德克萨斯州参议员宁主办的一项法案，参议院通过了本月指挥国防部作出缺席投票的服务更容易成员派驻海外。 Mr. Cornyn has also launched a related Web site.宁先生还发起了一个相关的网站。 But problems persist, as illustrated by one Garland native’s struggle to vote in Tuesday’s election.但是，问题仍然存在，就说明了这一点加兰一个本地的斗争进行表决在星期二的选举。 Air Force Special Agent Robert Douglass Davis, stationed in Europe, moved to a new base in 2007.空军特种代理罗伯特道格拉斯戴维斯，驻扎在欧洲，转移到一个新的基地于2007年。 In April, he tried to change the mailing address on his voter registration using an application on the Texas secretary of state’s Web site.今年4月，他想改变邮寄地址他的选民登记申请使用的得克萨斯州国务秘书的网站。 But Agent Davis still hadn’t received his ballot by early October.但是，代理戴维斯仍然没有收到他的选票10月初。 He called the Dallas County Elections Department long distance but encountered problems with the county’s pre-recorded directory.他呼吁达拉斯县选举部长途，但遇到的问题，县预先录制的目录。 His mother, Susan, called the elections department and was told that her son’s change of address had been received by the department but that his absentee ballot was mailed to his old base.他的母亲，苏珊，要求选举部门和被告知，她儿子的更改地址已收到由该署，但他的缺席选票被邮寄到他的老基地。 Because the mail-forwarding service at the base had expired, Agent Davis didn’t receive that ballot.由于邮件转发服务的基础已经到期，代理，戴维斯并没有收到选票。 Elections officials said they would send him a ballot at his new base, but that he would have to request a change of address in writing to update the registration on file with the county.选举官员说，他们将送他一张选票在他的新基地，但他将不得不要求更改地址以书面形式向更新的注册文件，县。 Robert’s father, Doug, was livid about his son’s troubles.罗伯特的父亲，道，是铁青有关他儿子的麻烦。 “I think it’s damn pathetic,” said the elder Mr. Davis, who believes the delay will keep his son from voting. “我想这该死的可怜，说： ”老戴维斯先生，谁相信，拖延将继续他的儿子投票。 “It’s just due to incompetence.” “这只是由于不称职。 ” But a county elections spokeswoman said the problem is that any changes made to the rolls using the secretary of state’s address-change application aren’t automatically transferred to the county rolls.但是，一个县的选举发言人说，问题是，所做的任何更改的辊使用国务秘书的地址变化的应用不会自动转移到县名单。 “It does not update our permanent database,” said Vickey Bynum, early voting mail supervisor for the department. “这并不更新我们的永久数据库， ”拜纳姆说， Vickey ，提前投票的邮件主管部门。 “We manually have to go in and make changes to the permanent file.” “我们必须手动去，并进行适当修改，以永久档案。 ” And county Election Administrator Bruce Sherbet said the secretary of state’s new database and the change-of-address forms were added only in 2006.和县选举署长布鲁斯果子露说，国务秘书的新数据库和变更地址的形式不仅增加了在2006年。 He said similar technology to update county registration information is still several years away.他说，类似的技术更新县注册信息仍然是好几年了。 Mr. Sherbet said Agent Davis’ absentee ballot was remailed to his new base address Oct. 21.果子露先生说，代理戴维斯的缺席选票是remailed他的新基址10月21日。 He said there is a five-day window after Election Day when ballots from abroad can still be received and counted toward a final vote tally.他说，有一个为期5天的窗口后，选举日投票时，从国外仍然可以接收和清点走向最后表决统计。 As of Thursday, Agent Davis still had not received his ballot.截至21日，代理戴维斯仍然没有收到他的选票。 Ms. Bynum said that if he believes his absentee ballot will not reach the elections department in time, he can download and mail a federal write-in ballot — but he would be able to vote only for president and US senator.拜纳姆女士说，如果他认为他的缺席选票不会达到选举部门的时间，他可以下载和电子邮件联邦写在选票-但他能只能投票给总统和美国参议员。 Faced with that possibility, Agent Davis said he’d opt for the write-in ballot.面对这种可能性，代理戴维斯说他会选择写在投票。 “It’s better than not being able to vote for anything,” he said, but “It’s kind of like consolation-prize voting.” “这总比不能投票给什么， ”他说，但“这有点像安慰奖投票。 ” Have Your Say: Troops Have to Fight for Their Right to Vote 你说：部队已争取他们的投票权 Please read our请仔细阅读我们的 posting guidelines before posting张贴在发布前的指导方针 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以讨论这份报告在这里 . 。 Related News 相关新闻
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