Soldier On Active Duty May Get To Vote In Primary

By: Import User

Updated: January 7, 2009

Thousands of Arkansas soldiers are deployed in Iraq and won`t be home to vote in the presidential primary next month. Arkansas National Guard officials say they`re taking steps to ensure that the soldiers get to vote. The guard currently has about 36 hundred soldiers on active duty. State Senator Jimmy Jeffress sent a letter to the Army yesterday, urging it to assist members to vote in the primary.

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