Originally Posted by Air&Road

When writing the OP I made an incorrect assumption that everyone reading it would intuitively know that military people are often stationed on the other side of the planet. I guess that some people who have not been in the military would not think of this.

THAT is why the extra 3 days is helpful for military personnel to be able to vote early or absent T.

Someone else took issue thinking that in my mind I was putting the military ahead of Firefighters and Police Officers and that is not true. Firefighters and Police Officers typically live in or near the communities they serve, not on the other side of the world.

I take issue with the poster who said that the military vote will be distributed the same as the general population. The military commonly leans conservative.