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In the Jalrez Valley of central Afghanistan, members of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division have plenty to think about during combat patrols in a dangerous land.

Trying to figure out how to cast a military absentee ballot for an election back home was not supposed to be among their worries.

But for these soldiers from Fort Drum, it will take an extraordinary effort over the next three weeks simply to exercise their right to vote in the Nov. 3 special election in the 23rd Congressional District, voting rights advocates say.