Fox article on military voting and states seeking waivers

Fox had multiple stories Sunday. Here is one.

“Also on America’s News HQ, Eversole called out Secretary Buescher and the efforts of his underlings, suggesting that the Centennial State isn’t giving it their all. “We’ve got to find a better excuse or reason not to comply with the Move Act than the fact that it takes 15 days to print ballots,” Eversole said, visibly exasperated. “Walk down to Kinkos, put it in the copier, print them, and get them to troops so they have time to vote.””

Senator John Cornyn spoke about efforts to keep the waiver process secret within the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice:

“I worry because there is not the kind of transparency that we can judge for ourselves whether it’s being used as an excuse to block military voting or whether there are legitimate problems,” Sen. Cornyn told Fox News. “If there are legitimate problems then we want to work to try and overcome those obstacles not maintain them.”

The fact is that the higher ups in the Pentagon are ordering that the process be kept secret because of how embarrassing this may be to the adminstration if any waivers are granted. The plan is to grant some waivers before the public has time to scrutinize the merits of any of the waiver requests. The Justice Department is also planning to keep its report on the waivers secret. That way the public will not be able to judge the merits of the DOJ advice and also the level of zeal Eric Holder has in protecting military voters. Unless the public demands transparency and accountability, don’t expect anything to change.