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 | Translate: 翻譯：               Troops Have to Fight for Their Right to Vote部隊抗擊為他們的投票權 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.現役軍隊的成員可以說有更多的失去比任何人都在星期二的選舉，但投票可以成為一個障礙的軍人和婦女海外。 The Dallas Morning News reports that in 2006 only one-third of the absentee ballots requested by US armed forces personnel abroad were counted.在達拉斯新聞早報報導，在2006年只有三分之一的選票所要求的美國武裝部隊人員在國外被計數。 For US troops serving overseas, nothing comes easy.美軍海外服役，沒有一樣是容易的。 Not even voting.甚至沒有參加表決。 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.軍事人員可能沒有足夠的時間來完成和電子郵件在其選票星期二的選舉中，由於郵件傳遞緩慢，缺乏信息交流的選舉官員，以及程序錯誤。 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年選舉中，大約三分之一的近100萬選票的要求穿制服的海外選民被退回和統計，基本上剝奪剩餘的600000加服務的成員，根據聯邦選舉委員會提供援助。 Barack Obama and John McCain have called on state election officials to reduce the voting obstacles for preventing military personnel from voting.奧巴馬和麥凱恩已呼籲州選舉官員，以減少投票的障礙，以防止軍事人員參加投票。 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.和德克薩斯州參議員寧主辦的一項法案，參議院通過了本月指揮國防部作出缺席投票的服務更容易成員派駐海外。 Mr. Cornyn has also launched a related Web site.寧先生還發起了一個相關的網站。 But problems persist, as illustrated by one Garland native’s struggle to vote in Tuesday’s election.但是，問題仍然存在，就說明了這一點加蘭一個本地的鬥爭進行表決在星期二的選舉。 Air Force Special Agent Robert Douglass Davis, stationed in Europe, moved to a new base in 2007.空軍特種代理羅伯特道格拉斯戴維斯，駐紮在歐洲，轉移到一個新的基地於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，他想改變郵寄地址他的選民登記申請使用的得克薩斯州國務秘書的網站。 But Agent Davis still hadn’t received his ballot by early October.但是，代理戴維斯仍然沒有收到他的選票10月初。 He called the Dallas County Elections Department long distance but encountered problems with the county’s pre-recorded directory.他呼籲達拉斯縣選舉部長途，但遇到的問題，縣預先錄製的目錄。 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.他的母親，蘇珊，要求選舉部門和被告知，她兒子的更改地址已收到由該署，但他的缺席選票被郵寄到他的老基地。 Because the mail-forwarding service at the base had expired, Agent Davis didn’t receive that ballot.由於郵件轉發服務的基礎已經到期，代理，戴維斯並沒有收到選票。 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.選舉官員說，他們將送他一張選票在他的新基地，但他將不得不要求更改地址以書面形式向更新的註冊文件，縣。 Robert’s father, Doug, was livid about his son’s troubles.羅伯特的父親，道，是鐵青有關他兒子的麻煩。 “I think it’s damn pathetic,” said the elder Mr. Davis, who believes the delay will keep his son from voting. “我想這該死的可憐，說： ”老戴維斯先生，誰相信，拖延將繼續他的兒子投票。 “It’s just due to incompetence.” “這只是由於不稱職。 ” 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，一個縣的選舉發言人說，問題是，所做的任何更改的輥使用國務秘書的地址變化的應用不會自動轉移到縣名單。 “It does not update our permanent database,” said Vickey Bynum, early voting mail supervisor for the department. “這並不更新我們的永久數據庫， ”拜納姆說， Vickey ，提前投票的郵件主管部門。 “We manually have to go in and make changes to the permanent file.” “我們必須手動去，並進行適當修改，以永久檔案。 ” 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.和縣選舉署長布魯斯果子露說，國務秘書的新數據庫和變更地址的形式不僅增加了在2006年。 He said similar technology to update county registration information is still several years away.他說，類似的技術更新縣註冊信息仍然是好幾年了。 Mr. Sherbet said Agent Davis’ absentee ballot was remailed to his new base address Oct. 21.果子露先生說，代理戴維斯的缺席選票是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.他說，有一個為期5天的窗口後，選舉日投票時，從國外仍然可以接收和清點走向最後表決統計。 As of Thursday, Agent Davis still had not received his ballot.截至21日，代理戴維斯仍然沒有收到他的選票。 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.拜納姆女士說，如果他認為他的缺席選票不會達到選舉部門的時間，他可以下載和電子郵件聯邦寫在選票-但他能只能投票給總統和美國參議員。 Faced with that possibility, Agent Davis said he’d opt for the write-in ballot.面對這種可能性，代理戴維斯說他會選擇寫在投票。 “It’s better than not being able to vote for anything,” he said, but “It’s kind of like consolation-prize voting.” “這總比不能投票給什麼， ”他說，但“這有點像安慰獎投票。 ” Have Your Say: Troops Have to Fight for Their Right to Vote 你說：部隊已爭取他們的投票權 Please read our請仔細閱讀我們的 posting guidelines before posting張貼在發布前的指導方針 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以討論這份報告在這裡 . 。 Related News 相關新聞
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