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11/11/08 - 02:38 PM
Associated Press
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click for larger image Tallahassee, Fla:

Gov. Charlie Crist says he supports efforts by U.S. Senator Bill Nelson to allow more states and counties to offer online voting to people overseas who would normally vote absentee.

Sen. Nelson is trying to get federal funding so that local elections officials can replicate Okaloosa County’s overseas military and absentee Internet voting program.

Nelson said Monday he planned to introduce legislation after Okaloosa County became one of the first to count votes cast over the Internet. Ninety-three registered Okaloosa county voters stationed near three U.S. bases overseas cast their ballots online at kiosks set up in Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom.

The program was designed to make voting easier for U.S. soldiers and citizens abroad, who often have difficultly receiving or sending absentee ballots through the mail. Nelson says as many as half of the absentee ballots sent overseas aren’t returned in time to be counted.
   
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