Voting by Overseas Citizens and Deployed Military Personnel

The principal problem in serving overseas citizens and military voters is how best to return a marked ballot to local election officials. Prior to 2009, insufficient time was provided for an overseas voter’s ballot to be delivered and make it back in time to be counted. While the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 1986 required all states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories to permit U.S. citizens abroad to register to vote and to vote by absentee ballot, it did not provide for uniform standards by which states must abide in ensuring overseas voters could exercise their vote. The Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act of 2009 attempted to solve the problem by enacting four primary provisions: +eliminating the requirement for notarization of overseas ballots. +requiring all states to make voter registration at applications for absentee ballots available electronically along with a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) in case the official ballots do not arrive in time. +requiring overseas and military voters to re-register for each election cycle instead of every two election cycles. +requiring all states to make provision to have ballots available for sending to overseas and military voters at least 45 days before the scheduled election day

Saudi Arabia and the United States : perception and Gulf security.

The relationship of Saudi Arabia and the United States is examined, particularly in the framework of Gulf security. A brief analysis is conducted of internal authority within Saudi Arabia followed by a look at security problems in the Gulf region as seen from the Saudi perspective. How the Saudis perceive the role of the United States in Gulf security is then studied, with an emphasis on the cultural clash and the problems which are wont to arise. With an assumption that Saudi-U.S. relations are likely to continue in the foreseeable future, and that such relations are in the best interests of the United States, a conclusion is reached which offers several suggestions for strengthening these ties, reassuring the Saudis of American resolve, and encouraging the maintenance of stability in the Gulf region.http://archive.org/details/saudiarabiaunite00inboLieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLICANS? Political Party and Ideological Preferences of American Enlisted Personnel

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