

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Samuel Fairbank, 30, from Ocean City, Md. is shown at Camp Speicher, a U.S. base near Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad on Sept. 23, 2008. He's in the 12th month of his second tour in Iraq, and also spent six months in Afghanistan in 2001. He said his unit has a voting assistance officer and other officials who help soldiers vote. Associated Press. **FILE PHOTO**