[privacy] U.S. Military Absentee Ballot is a Major Privacy Risk

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via DefenseTech.org.

[snip]

American troops could be putting their most personal information at
risk -- just by voting in next week's elections.

Members of the armed forces, stationed overseas, can cast their vote
with a Federal Write In Absentee Ballot, or FWAB, if they can't get one
from their local election boards. But that federal ballot, "Standard
Form 186 (Oct 95)" comes with a major privacy risk, at least in some
editions.

The ballot has to be mailed in a special return envelope, in order to
be properly processed. On military bases in the Pacific, Special Form
186 requires a service member to include his address, social security
number, date of birth, and signature on the outside of that envelope.

[snip]

More:
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002909.html

- ferg


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