European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday August 23.1986 special write in ballots available Washington several Stales have passed new special write in ballot provisions for Absentee electors Accord ing 10 he Federal voting assistance of fice in tic Pentagon.  and i hair families can obtain information on voting proce dures by requesting a 1986-07 voting assistance guide from unit voting assist Ance officers. Federal Post card applications also Are available from local units. Civilians May a Loiti voting information from any . Embassy or consular. The following information is provided by the Federal voting assistance office in the Pentagon. If local assistance is not available overseas voters May Contact the Federal voting assistance program director room ib4s7, Pentagon. Washington . 20301. Or Auto on 2zi 0663 or commercial 202 695-0663. Delaware has passed a special write in Absentee ballot provision for armed forces voters and overseas cil Zens. These special ballots May be requested by using the Federal Posl card application form or a form prescribed by the Delaware commissioner of elections. In order to qualify the voter must state under oath and Penally of perjury Kif  in Block 8 of the Post card application that he or she is unable to vote by regular Absentee ballot or in person due to requirements of the Mili tary service or due to living in isolated or extremely Remote areas of the world. This statement May be made in the re Marks Section of he Post card or on a form prepared by the commissioner of elections and supplied and returned with the special write in Absentee ballot. Such application can be made at any time during the Calendar year of the elec Tion but will he held by the appropriate department of elections until 90 Days be fore an election and the ballot will be mailed As soon thereafter As possible. The special write in Absentee ballot permits the elector to vote by writing in a party preference for each office or the name of the person the voter prefers for each office. In new Hampshire a qualified Absentee Vole May now apply to the cily or town clerk of his or her voting Orcsi elections 85 dance for a special write in Absentee bal lot for general elections including the election nov. 4, these requests must reach the clerk before the primary elec Tion sept. 9, in order for a special write in ballot to be issued. Overseas citizens voting under the overseas citizens voting rights act and  who state that they Are unable to vote by regular Absentee ballot or in person due to requirements of the military service or due 10 living in Iso lated areas outside of the United states and Canada will be qualified 10 receive the special write in Absentee ballot. This statement should be made in the remarks Section of the Post card application when that form is used to make the request. The special write in ballot will be the same a the official overseas citizen fed Era erection ballot except thai there will be no candidates names printed pit it. These voters will Vole by writing in the names of the candidates on appropriate lines apposite the offices specified. The Nebraska legislature has passed a special Absentee ballot Law for Absentee voters who Are . Service members serving outside the territorial limits of the United states or Nebraska citizens temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the United states. The Law also includes Oversea citizens voting under the overseas citizens Vot ing rights act. Any voter meeting these criteria May at any Lime in the same Calendar year As an election bin before such election re quest an Absentee ballot or special Absen tee voters ballot for any elections still to be held in that Calendar year be marked to a specific address named by the voter. A special Absentee ballot will be automatically sent to those voters if the regu Lar ballot has not been printed in time to be sent to the voter 4j Days before in election. In addition the voter May request a special Absentee ballot by specifying on the Federal Post card application or other written communication that he wishes to receive it if such request is made at least 57 Days before the election. A notice shall be sent with a primary election ballot that the voter must Send in another request for a general election ballot unless such voter has requested both a primary and a general election ballot in the original request. The special Absentee ballot will con Tain the titles of Alt offices being con tested without the names of be Candi dates and permit the elector to vote by writing in the names of the candidate or the decision on any Issue being con tested. Qualified Absentee voters May request special Absentee ballots in the general election nov. 4. Iowa Absentee voters who will be unable 10 Vole and return a regu Lar Absentee ballot by Normal mail delivery within the period provided for nor Mal Absentee ballots May request special Absentee ballot to be used Tor stale and general elections. Voten should specify in the remarks Section of the Federal Post card application that they Are requesting a special Absentee ballot or a special Absentee bal lot in addition to their regular Absentee or armed form voter ballot of the regu Lar ballot is properly filled out and re turned the special Absentee ballot it void and Wil be rejected the qualified voter May use the Spe Cial Absentee ballot to write in the name of any eligible candidate for Cadi office and May vote on any measure. A listing of any candidates who have filed on measures referred before the time of the application will be included with the Spe Cial Absentee ballot. The special Absentee ballot is available and May be requested for he general election nov. 4. Memorial rally holding a portrait of slain philippine presidential candidate Btl no Aquino a supporter raises his clenched fit during a rally in Manila to commemorate the third anniversary of Aquino s assassination. More than 50,004 turned out far the rally thursday 3 lebanese Ferror suspects held in Berlin Berun up West Berlin police announced thursday the arrest of three lebanese suspected of planning terrorist bomb attacks. It said a fourth had evaded arrest and was being searched for. A police announcement said the arrests were made wednesday after a warning was received that four Arab terrorists had arrived in Weil Berlin with plans to carry out attacks with explosives. It gave no details. The Bild newspaper which has excellent Security sources said the arabs planned to attack american targets in the Western outpost. The four men arrived at East Berlin s Schoenefeld Airport tuesday and crossed through the Berlin Wall to West Berlin with plans to ask for Asylum in the City. Police arrested three of the men in a hotel in the Ameri can  but a fourth could not be located. No explosives were found the police said. The lebanese arrested were identified As Abdullah Atie. 41 Ali Hamden 22 and Arbas Tayib. 19. The fourth Man was Hamdan s brother yamal Hamdan 28. Police did not give the source of the warning they received or give details of the men s backgrounds beyond saying they had been born in Lebanon. There have been no terrorist attack on americans in West Berlin since the april 5 bombing at the la Belle discotheque that killed two american soldiers and a Turk ish woman and injured 230, including 63 americans. The United slates blamed the disco attack on Libya and bombed Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation. Two jordanians Ahmed Hasi 35, and Farouk Sab met39, were arrested on suspicion of complicity in the bombing but have not been charged however they have been charged with the March 19 bombing of the american sector office of the German Arab society. The attack injured nine people and caused damage of 500,000 Marks about 5250,000. Hasi was arrested april 18 on information Given by British police after the British interrogated Hasi s brother Nezar Hindawi 31. He was arrested on suspicion of trying to Plant a time bomb on an israeli Al Al Airliner at London s Heathrow Airport. World today vandals slash 35 cars parked at italian resort a Candido Italy api police reported Friday that vandals slashed tires of 35 can in the parking area of two hotel in this Alto adige South Tyrol resort town. Vandals acted overnight striking cars with italian plates they said. Similar vandalism against is automobiles of italian tourists was reported at nearby Campo Tures last week relations have sometime been tense Between italian tourists and German speaking resident who predominate in this italian Region close to the austrian Border ., european funds to fight locusts in Africa. Brussels up _ the european Community and the United states will jointly provide j3 million Worth of Aid to combat the proliferation of locusts threatening crops in Africa officials said Friday. The  will spend 12 million to Purchase pesticides needed for Chad malt Turkina faso. Mauritania Senegal niger Gambia and Guinea Bissau executive officials said. Abducted chilean officer released by guerrillas Santiago Chile a an army protocol Allicer Heid by communist led gue Milai for More than three Days was released unbanned late thursday a family member said. The officer. Col. Mario Haeberle 62, was freed in the Eastern suburb of Nunna because jus continued detention served no further Nur pose. The kidnappers said. The decision to free col. Haeberle is because we consider Complete our fundamental objectives said the communique issued by the leftist Manuel Rodriguez patriotic front which it battling to oust the military government