When I was deployed aboard USNS Comfort earlier this year in New York City, my daughter sent an Easter care package of chocolates from Texas. By the time the gift arrived, Easter was long gone and summer had almost ended. If it can take several months for chocolate to be delivered — imagine how high the demand is going to be this fall to deliver every ballot on time.

In just a few short weeks, our nation will face a presidential election unlike any in our history. Millions of Americans are choosing to vote absentee, just as many active-duty military members have been doing for well over a century.