How Soldiers Vote During Wartime
Exploring the Evolution of Soldier Voting Rights
Could Ukraine hold elections today if it weren’t against its constitution? Based on history, it wouldn’t be easy but it could be done. This video dives into how America did it from the Civil War up to the Global War on Terror.
The original tweet by Mike Cernovich.
A modern Military ballot is here:
A Federal Post Card Ballot Request from 1942:
Federal War Ballot from 1944.:
Much of the information of the history of solder voting laws comes from “Fighting to lose the vote:”
The Military gives Lincoln a mandate:
Absentee Voting during the Civil War:
Maryland Militia and the repeal of slavery.
A Civil War Ballot box from an Ohio Regiment
An Ohio Civil War Absentee Ballot:
A Voting “Tickets” from a newspapers.
Ballot boxes of the time.
Political cartoons about voting / women’s suffrage from the time period of the American Civil War and early 1900’s.
Poll Tax Receipts:
As a retired educator, it would have been an honor to have you as part of our faculty. Your lessons are very important and valuable. Knowledge is power. (France is bacon). My students were like privates, they didn’t always get it the first time. Thanks.
Comparing the Ukrainian War to the US Civil War is a no go. Neither side of the US Civil War would fire on civilians lined up to vote. Russia would fire off as many missiles and drones as possible to kill voters. If other means were used, Russian would try to "jam" the process with disruption and deception.