State election offices are responsible for sending absentee ballots to active military service members who wish to vote, not the Pentagon, as claimed in posts suggesting the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sought to suppress potential Trump support by “failing” to provide ballots to troops overseas.

A post shared on X claims that the Pentagon failed to send absentee ballots to active-duty service members. Verdict: Misleading Local election officials, not the Pentagon, are responsible for sending ballots to service members.