European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes monday August 11, 1986 special Absentee ballots proposed by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington americans stationed Oversea would be Able to use special write in Absentee ballots id vote in Federal elections under a Bill introduced in the Senate. The Bill would allow . Citizens to use the write in ballots if hey requested but did t receive Standar ballots from their Home Stales in time for them to be marked resumed and counted. The intent of the Bill is to help those voters who have made a timely application for an Absentee ballot Nave not received in and would be disenfranchised through no fault of their own said Henry Valentino director of the defense department s Federal voting assistance program. According to Valentino and other witnesses who testified thursday before the Senate rules and administration committee timely receipt of Absentee ballot continues to be the biggest problem for american overseas who want to vote. Valentino told the committee that a 1984 Survey of americans overseas showed that 8.4 percent of in military and 7.8 percent of the Federal civilians who made timely requests for Absentee ballots were unable vote to vote because they received their ballots Loo Ute sordid not receive hem at  said 5 percent of . Citizens overseas not affus rated with the Federal government had the same  the Bill titled to Ltd uniformed and Oversea citizens Absentee voting act the write in Absentee ballots would be available to All potential Voten it the same place they Buin their Federal Pott card application Spca. The Focas Are used to request the regular Absentee ballot. The write in ballot would be used to Vole for in offices of president vice president . Representative and . Senator. The Bill does not address stale or local elections. The Bill requites voters to apply for a regular Absentee ballot far enough in Advance so thai local election official receive the request at least Jodais before the ejection. If a voter makes a request for a regular Federal Absentee ballot but docs not get one from local election officials in a reasonable amount of time in the voter s judgment he or she May then use the Federal write in Absentee ballot be said. If the regular Absentee ballot is received by the oct election official in Lime to be counted the write in ballot would be discarded. Coming much cheaper Choice . Beef by Cunt Swift Washington nmn Washington shoppers in army and air Force commissaries in Germany and England will find chilled Choice . Beef on the shelves most of next year for about the same Price As meat bought overseas defense officials said Friday. About 20 million pounds of beef have been made available to the services Ai a result of the fiscal 1986 farm Bill Aid news update test site policy Las vegas Nev. Up protesters who sneak onto the ,35ft-Sqiifut mile Nevada test site will no longer be pursued unless they penetrate ground Zero or High Security areas a top official of the department Oten Ergy jays we Wilt protect the immediate ground Zero areas and other Security meter cols Tom Clark head of Nevada operations for the Energy department said in a policy . But if protesters Are foolish enough to break the Law and expose themselves to Tutti hazards a unexploded ordnance on the air Force Range and falling rocks on the Nevada test site we re not going to help them with their prob Lem Clark said. Energy department spokesman Dave Miller said the policy change docs not mean a change in guard ing classified areas. As soon As anyone makes a hos tile move or charges it classified area they will get shot Miller said. Contador group Bogota Colombia a the latin american nations known Ashe condom group say they will renew their efforts to negotiate peace in Central America. Their last peace treaty attempt foundered during a meeting june 6 in Panama. Among the treaty terms was requirement that the five Central american countries ask All foreign military personnel to leave. That stipulation would include cuban military advisers in Nicaragua . Units thai conduct exercises in Honduras. Mahone Baumelt chief of perishable inventory management at the defense procurement service Center. The . Meat should reach the store during the first week of november bar Neil said and should be available until sept. 30,1987. The air Force plans to offer about . And half overseas beef he said. The army will to Phil its inventory about 7iperccnt-25 percent in favor of . Beef. To begin wild the . Beef will be offered in 27 army and seven air Force commissaries in Germany and four air Force commissaries in England Darnell said. It could be offered in other stores i new routes Are added that allow speedy shipment from the Vendor in the Stales to the commissary shelf. The Navy will nol take part in the program because it operates under a Dif Ferent Supply system a Pentagon commissary official  goal is to avoid storage As much As possible in the distribution Chain he officials want to see drug testing Fine print Washington a representatives of government workers As Well As civil libertarians say they want to see the Fine print beneath the Broad outline of president Reagan s proposal for uni Versal Woik place drug testing. While not quarrelling with Reagan goal of attacking drug abuse in work placet these officials say they will not endorse massive testing until they re satisfied people s rights Wei be protected. Alan Adler legislative director of the american civil Libertha Union questioned whether there can be such a thing As a truly voluntary program of testing., it a worker if asked to submit to a test out refuse that person can be subjected to reprisals on the Job or from his or her co Worken he Laid. It s sort of like voluntary prayer in the schools Adler said in an interview just u children would nol want to be singled out by their Peers As uncooperative worker orig i feet the same Way even if they have Zirong objections to the tests on constitutional grounds. Kenneth t. Blaylock president of the american federation of government employees said we re ready to work with them on a reasonable program. But if you move away from the probable cause test for workers asked to be tested and the reasonable cause test then you get into a dangerous  Reagan announced his goals last Mon Day saying be wants to put into place a program combining Slep cd up testing with efforts to educate people about the dangers of drugs and to Stop illegal narcotics at . Borders. The goal is to gel people off drugs nol punish them he said but his top aides said that question about legalities and constitutional com plications As Well As questions about How the Bill for the anti drug abuse will be fooled will have 10 be settled in coming weeks by the Domestic policy Council of Cabinet officers. Reagan said he thought drug testing for the most part ought to be done on a voluntary basis with the exception of police officers air traffic controllers and others in Public safely. He said Federal workers should Volunteer first to set an example for the rest of the country. Neither Reagan s announcement nor subsequent briefings by administration officials explained How massive testing could be carried out even on a voluntary basis without compromising individual privacy and due process critics said. Mandatory drug testing already Lake place in the military and in such Law enforcement agencies As the drug enforce ment adm stration and customs serv ice. And a senior White House official said about 3d percent of the Fortune 500corporations have voluntary drug testing or screening programs. Adler said any move toward Universal drug testing even on a voluntary basis could end up causing special harm i people working in private business. What about work places where there Are no unions no collective bargaining agreements to spell out a system of ground rules for drug tests which would protect people s rights Adler said. Blaylock whose Union represents some 700,000 Federal workers agrees with Reagan that drug abuse is a major problem in the country saying in a Tele phone interview i like the tune he s  but Blay Roult said he worries about the guidelines the Federal office of personnel management might propose for a pro Gram of voluntary testing. Said. The meat will be chilled not fro zen. Under the farm Bill which seek to reduce the size of the agriculture department s Dairy herds the beef will be donated to the defense department Barnett said. Chilled us. Beer and pork had been available in six european commissaries from february through july this year As pan of a test ordered in the 1986 defense authorization Bill. But the american meat bad been priced 10 include the Cost of buying it in the states and Early re sults showed thai customers bought at least three times As much of the cheaper european beef. . 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