At the link, the latest report from the Department of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Office (FVAP) reports that that almost half of all local election officials (44%) missed the 45 day deadline required under federal law. 

FVAP’s report offers one possible reason for that: 44 percent of local election officials missed the federal deadline, which requires them to send out military absentee ballots at least 45 days prior to election day. But based on post-election surveys, the number of troops who requested military absentee ballots but never got them increased dramatically. The Pentagon’s Federal Voter Assistance Program (FVAP) estimates 29 percent of active duty military voters — roughly 120,000 troops — never got their ballots

This unfortunate finding proves the failure of DOJ and the Voting Section to protect these voters in 2010.  It is just not a priority with this Department of Justice.  This wholesale lack of implementation and enforcement of MOVE is more evidence that DOJ did not adequately prepare jurisdictions across the country with an understanding of the requirements of the law or address hints of non-compliance earlier enough in the process to prevent this widespead lack of compliance. 

It also begs the next question – What is DOJ doing to prevent the looming problem in 2012?  The federal presidential primaries are right around the corner and ballots could be going out as early as late November.

Is DOJ ready or will they stumble around waiting for the media to do its job?