Reply #44: Efforts made to break logjam on voting

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As Election Day looms, smaller public and private entities are taking their own steps to help overseas voters in the face of federal government efforts they characterize as high-cost, low-use and chronically late.

The Defense Department’s Federal Voting Assistance Program spent more than $30 million on electronic voting initiatives since 2000 with varying levels of success to give overseas Americans better options for absentee voting.

Pat Hollarn is one of the people trying something new this year, and she’s no stranger to being an ocean away from the ballot box.

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