VOLUME V. NUMBER 22, 30 MAY I960
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V URGES CARE IN VOTING
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The Defense Department has cautioned all eligible military personnel and civ
ilians who vote by absentee ballot to be sure they use the correct Federal Post
Card Application form.
Letters from state voting officials indicate unauthorized ballot application
forms are being used in many instances, a Defense Department official declared.
He said there has been only one card authorized for the last four years and
dicated instructions have gone out repeatedly as to the proper card to use.
"But states are still receiving ballot applications on the wrong card," he
said.
The old card measured three and one-half by five and one-half inches and has.
been unauthorized sin#e PL 296, 84th Congress, revised the form.
The new, larger card, Standard Form 76, as revised in 1955* measures four and
one-eighth inches deep and nine and one-half finches long.- It is the only auth
orized ballot application for the current primaries and upcoming general elec
tion in November.
'’Improper cards have gone to states irorn sucn mstatiat-ions as a nucxear pow
er school, Army posts, air bases and submarines at sea,” the Defense official
declared, in emphasizing the seriousness of the situation.
nIt could be that some states will not honor applications on the wrong card,”
he said.
At the same time, he urged all absentee voters to include city, county and
state on their returns. Some states have indica.ted, he said, that absentee vot^*
ers in many instances •are neglecting to name their county on the post card
applications.
Everyone who is eligible is urged to vote in the coming election, but be sure
that your vote is counted] Fill out the application correctly.’