John,

Our military service members are risking their lives to protect our right to vote – but with a flood of absentee ballots expected to cause delays in vote tallying this year, their votes may not count. That outcome would be unacceptable.

We're launching Count Every Hero, an urgent campaign backed by a cross-partisan coalition of veterans and concerned patriots demanding that every service member’s vote is counted in November before a winner is declared. Help spread the word about this vital, nonpartisan campaign by sharing the launch post on Facebook and Twitter.

Most overseas military service members vote absentee by mail. They don’t have a choice – they make their voices heard from wherever they are stationed, whether it's on a submarine or in a combat zone – and it can take time for their ballots to arrive. With an influx of Americans voting by mail this year, it could take days, or even weeks, to count every vote.

In the majority of states – those that hold well over half of the votes in the Electoral College – it’s the law that states count military mail-in votes, even if they get there late. But politicians or the media could capitalize on unrealistic expectations of having results quickly on election night and try to declare a winner before all military mail-in votes are counted – effectively throwing out the votes of our heroes.

And it would be incredibly dishonorable to not count their votes. We need to rally public support for a simple, common sense idea all Americans should agree on: No candidate should be declared an election winner until all military ballots are counted.

We only have 47 days until Election Week. Will you share Count Every Hero’s launch post and follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date on the latest information?

Our troops sacrifice everything to protect every American’s right to vote – the same right they could lose if we don’t take a stand for them now. With the election just weeks away, it’s time for every American patriot who supports our troops to join the fight.

Thank you.

Dan Krassner Political Director RepresentUs

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