Official War Ballot - 1944 / Uss Pc-571

I've been wanting one of these for some time. Found this on ebay; not hard to find, or very expensive.

Was interesting to me for several reasons:
1. Neat & clean.
2. Clear cancel (US Navy 1944)
3. Able to associate to ship and location (USS PC-571 - Patrolling Hawaiian Islands)
4. Interesting hand stamp. (Applicant is NOT registered)



https://www.history.navy.mil/resear...anoka-i.html

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/w...ntee-ballots

https://ww2reenactors.proboards.com...r-voting-ww2

USWBC- Form 1, Federal Application for State Ballot



"Many of those serving during WWII, did vote for the first time in 1948, as many who were fighting were not old enough to vote (in 1944). The voting age was finally lowered to eighteen in 1972, hastened by the "old enough to fight, old enough to vote" cries during the Vietnam War."
http://www.nww2m.com/2014/11/the-wa...al-election/

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Here is a state-produced ballot request form:



The county clerk then mailed the ballot out to the soldier:


The soldier mailed it back in a slightly smaller envelope with their certification on the back side (this one trimmed some at right):



And a privately-made ballot envelope! I believe this is quite uncommon.

This forum never runs out of interesting topics to post about. Thank you for sharing

Lance