The Justice Department filed suit in response to the state’s failure to
send absentee ballots to thousands of California’s eligible military and
overseas voters for the June 5, 2012, federal primary election at least
45 days prior to the election, as required by UOCAVA. The complaint
also alleges that the state failed to ensure that ballots were sent by
the voters’ preferred method of transmission (by mail or
electronically), as required by federal law. Link
Another warning sign that the states are still trying to comply with the 2009 law and that the 2010 fiasco and failure was a sign of structural problems, not an anomaly. There remains little time to fix the problem.