Message by President Roosevelt – Absentee soldiers’ vote (1-26-44)

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Election 1944: Pre-convention news

The Pittsburgh Press (January 26, 1944) [americavotes1944] ROOSEVELT URGES FEDERAL SERVICE VOTE State ballot called fraud by President Special message demands Congressmen stand up, be counted Washington – President Roosevelt today assailed as a “fraud” on service personnel the so-called states’ rights soldier-vote legislation. He called upon Congress to provide a single federal ballot, which he said would enable all members of the Armed Forces to vote for federal officials this November. …