military voting not secret or secure

We think we have problems with voting machines (and we're right). American military personnel in the field are allowed to cast their votes too - but they sure won't know if they are counted correctly.

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting

During the next six weeks, thousands of service members are expected to fax or e-mail ballots over international communications networks that are susceptible to interception and tampering, putting those votes at risk.

One expert says:

the system of fax and e-mail was ``far worse'' from a security perspective than the Pentagon's last attempt to solve this issue: an online voting system the Pentagon canceled in 2004 because it could not prevent electronic ballots from being altered or erased.

This is the Bush/Rumsfeld military. You have a process that's unacceptable, so replace it with something worse.