At the link, FVAP denies the requests from the State of New York for the upcoming primary and general elections.  Now, the Voting Section needs to push the federal court to make a decision on suitable primary dates and they need to put a plan in place to monitor on the ground in the counties to ensure uniform compliance.  New York is paralyzed and has been unable to feed itself for 2 years.  New York has never sent their ballots on time much less at the 45 day marker. 
Looks like the Feds are going to have to spoon feed the Empire State.  

The Presidential Primary in New York is set for April 24, 2011.  Does anyone have a great deal of confidence that New York will have their act together by then and actually get the UOCAVA ballots out the door on time?  Of course, with $2.5 million to spend on streamlining the electronic transmission process, the small but growing percentage of ballots provided electronically should not be the problem.  The problem for the majority of ground troops will remain their reliance on mail and the ability to receive and send back their ballots. 

DOJ should have established a plan to be on the ground in cities and counties to ensure the ballots are uniformly sent out on time.  It would be outright negligence for the Voting Section to simply rely on the often inaccurate assertions of state officials who may have no better direct knowledge than the Department.  A lack of or outright misleading information can delay by weeks enforcement actions that may be necessary against counties who are not prepared to send ballots on time.