Now, they're trying to get 2,400 other absentee ballots, mostly from military personnel, also nullified. At the same time, paradoxically, their activists in the streets are chanting slogans about counting all votes and making every vote count. The Democrats' risky scheme, in other words, is to win this election by disqualifying military votes and then not to make it any easier for members of the armed service to vote in the future. But Thomas' bill would repeal that outdated law, which was passed in the Civil War era. There is nothing ominous about a civilian-controlled election in a building on a military base.
Civilians have voting places near their homes.
It's a matter of convenience, an effort to encourage voting. Military personnel should be treated no differently, regardless how that might affect Democratic politicians in future elections. Enter words describing a concept or keywords.