Talk about Pathos.

Looking at the picture from article "Troops just 'military property'", I can see this soldier is wounded, he has one of his leg wrapped, walking with crutches in the snow. His head is lowered, you can see the pain he is suffering on his face. I feel sorry for him just by seeing the picture of the article. The notes tells us that troops wanted this injured soldier to be back on duty even though his doctor comfirmed that he is not fit fr duty. At the beginning auther mentioned that the wounded soldier is her brother-in-law. It is a personal matter, most of the readers must be moved emotionally. In this article, we are against the troops, author made the troops the bad character, because her brother-in-law has to return to the war with injuries. Readers can feel the emotions easily, this is an good article for the usage of pathos.
But the article "Mail ballots not secure" doesn't work out as great. The writing method is boring, author tells us it is unscure carrying ballots through mails, he said "I would have walked away with hundreds of ballots". He tol readers his idea, but seeing a mail delivery truck driving with doors opened doesn't happen to many of the other people. I can not feel what author wants me to feel. Pathos does not work out successfully.