POST SCRIPTS: Military Votes Should Be Given Priority Care

Posted by Tina

We ask men and women of the military to be prepared to defend our nation at a moments notice.

In today's dangerous world many of them are in foreign countries putting their lives at risk right now. Shouldn't every state in America make sure that these serving citizens have every opportunity to vote and shouldn't our government make certain in an election year that ballots are sent out in a timely fashion as the law requires?

Breitbart posted a letter from three republican representatives regarding states that have failed to meet requirements for sending absentee ballots to military personnel:

Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Rep. Daniel E. Lungren, R-Calif., chairman of the House Administration Committee; and Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the Defense and Justice departments reading:

"We are concerned that, absent prompt and effective remedial action, some men and women in uniform will be deprived of the 45-day window to vote guaranteed by the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act. While implementation and enforcement of the MOVE Act appear on course as an improvement over the poor performance we saw in the 2010 elections, we are concerned about the currently reported shortcomings. If any element of local, state or federal government does not abide by the MOVE Act, the result should not ever be the disenfranchisement of any member of the armed services."

The congressmen stated that the jurisdictions responsible should extend the deadline for accepting military and overseas ballots by the same number of days as the ballots were mailed late. The congressmen also asked Defense Department officials whether they have established installation voting assistance offices where they are required. It is the service branches' responsibility to establish these offices.

According to the article: "Vermont, Michigan, Mississippi and Wisconsin have failed to mail absentee ballots to military members by the Sept. 22, 2012, deadline established by the MOVE Act." If true these jurisdictions should face some kind of consequences for failing to uphold the law.

Military members deserve our continuing respect and assistance. Their votes should be given top priority attention and care!

Source: http://www.norcalblogs.com/post_scripts/2012/10/military-votes-should-be.html

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