During the same time that Wisconsin was violating the MOVE Act with numerous municipalities mailing ballots late to overseas and military voters and negotiating a consent decree with one federal agency the Department of Justice, they received a $1.9 million grant from another federal agency, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) at DOD. The money will be spent with a “goal to develop a system that will allow military and overseas
voters to access an online ballot immediately without having to wait for
a reply from an election official.”
Of course, Wisconsin should already be complying with the MOVE Act. This seems to be a perfect fit since the municipalities can’t seem to mail the ballots out on time. Under this system, the voter will be able to pull it down themselves since election officials are too busy to mail the ballots out as federal law requires. Unfortunately, the system only works if the military member has access to a computer and a printer. The forward deployed troops will be screwed negatively impacted again.
Just file this in the all-messed up category.