Routine Military Outreach

The most likely outcome is that Hegseth's comments are treated as an aggressive but legally permissible voter-registration push aimed at service members. The Pentagon emphasizes that the effort is nonpartisan, state election offices process registrations normally, and the issue fades into the broader midterm campaign.

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