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Pete Hegseth Orders Day Off for Military Members to Vote
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered commanders to designate a one-day military stand-down by Oct 15, giving service members time to register, request absentee ballots, and vote in the midterm elections.
- Voting for military personnel has been "time-consuming and complex," Hegseth said, as service members face unnecessary difficulties obtaining and returning absentee ballots while stationed far from home.
- Surveys suggest the military leans Republican, with 57 percent of likely military voters supporting Republican candidates in a March Rasmussen poll. Hegseth has campaigned for Republican candidates in Kentucky and Iowa.
- This directive establishes the voting stand-down practice for every even-numbered year, following a 2021 stand-down ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to address extremism in the ranks after the Capitol attack.
- Hegseth emphasized the non-partisan nature of the order, stating, "Now, we're not telling you who to vote for, but we will give you every opportunity to do so," leaving the choice to service members.
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Hegseth Gives Troops One Day Off To Vote [VIDEO[
USA Today reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all military commands to “stand down” for one day in the next two weeks to give U.S. service members time to vote in November’s midterm elections. “We’re not telling you who to vote for, but we will give you every opportunity to do so,” Hegseth said in … The post Hegseth Gives Troops One Day Off To Vote [VIDEO[ appeared first on Joe.My.God..
The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has ordered this Friday that at all levels of the Army...
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C 33%
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