Counties ' rules for absentee ballots vary ; they can change during election season . `` [ Gore ] and I would never authorize and would not tolerate a campaign that was aimed specifically at invalidating ballots from members of our armed services , and I 've been assured that there were more absentee ballots from non-military voters that were ultimately disqualified , '' he said during an interview on NBC 's `` Meet the Press . '' Fifty percent of overseas military personnel returned , counted in 2000 , official estimates . Mail from war veterans sometimes does not get to county registrars in time . Military ballots were a focus in the 2000 election in Florida .
Counties ' rules for absentee ballots vary ; they can change during election season . Fifty percent of overseas military personnel returned , counted in 2000 , official estimates . Mail from war veterans sometimes does not get to county registrars in time . Military ballots were a focus in the 2000 election in Florida .