DoJ cuts deal with States that violate MOVE Act

Fox News reports that the Department of Justice cut a deal with Illinois yesterday to allow the state to screw absentee voters, including deployed troops. 35 counties in the state failed to send out absentee ballots before the 45-day time limit;

Eric Eversole, a former Justice voting section attorney who runs the nonprofit Military Voter Protection Project, told FoxNews.com the deal effectively lets wayward Illinois election officials off the hook and does little to ensure the state’s military voters get their ballots in time.

“For at least 29 counties, there were absolutely no consequences,” he said. “Illinois is precisely the reason why you can’t wait until a week before the election to try and resolve a clear violation of military voting rights.”

So here we are a week before the election and the Obama Administration is perfectly willing to let voters in his home state get screwed out of their voice in the election this year. There’s an online option that deployed troops can use…if they have access to a computer in the next seven days. Apparently, the DoJ isn’t aware of the fact that not ALL service members have internet access ALL of the time.

Bob Carey, director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, said in a written statement that voters from 39 states can access full ballots online.

“That number includes New York and Illinois, where we have the most significant problems with late ballot delivery,” he said.

Military voters can visit FVAP.gov to access the online system; all voters also can file federal write-in absentee ballots, which are available online and include federal candidates.

Yeah, that takes care of federal elections, but what about their local candidates? Like I’ve said, the military and veterans along with retirees are second-class citizens. Our rights are negotiable.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Military issues