according to the estimate. number of absentee ballots requested by military dramatically down according to the military vote protection project. only 3.3% of eligible military voters requested ballots as of week and a half ago. north karlt line 1.7%. virginia, 1.4. florida at 15.7%. the group s director tells us that military voting could be depressed by as much a third and calls for a greater effort to get the vote out. we could once again face an election as we have in past years where our men and women in uniform aren t able to have their voices heard on election day and it is really, it is too bad. our servicemembers have so much on the line. they re not only overseas fighting for our rights but in some ways they re fighting for their own rights too. reporter: members of the military register with their home states to vote but in 2009 congress passed the military and overseas voter