Editorial: Count their votes
In Ohio, the Attorney General has ruled that military ballots marked by members of the Armed Forces who are subsequently, but prior to Election Day, killed in action cannot legally be counted.
Perhaps there is something in the Ohio law to justify that opinion. The Attorney General should know.
But here County Elections Director David Olbum says there is nothing in the Pennsylvania law calling for such invalidation. And he adds his opinion that voiding the votes of dead soldiers would be ridiculous.
Of course, it would. By necessity, military ballots may be marked by servicemen and women when they are received. They need not be marked on Election Day, to compel them all to vote on the same day would either deprive most of them of a ballot or require a stoppage of the war.
But once the ballot is marked, it is valid and should be counted.
We hope nobody in Pennsylvania thinks up any ruling like that of the Ohio Attorney General.