The Pittsburgh Press (October 16, 1944)
Absentee ballots dropped by parachute
Paris, France (UP) – (Oct. 14, delayed)
Absentee ballots are being dropped by parachute to U.S. paratroops isolated in Holland and there and on other fronts voting in the presidential election is going on at “foxhole level.”
Col. Thomas R. Kerschner, theater coordinator of soldier voting, said parachutists were dropped with the ballot cargoes to ensure delivery. Several young officers have been killed in the line of duty, he added.