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Sens. Cornyn and Barrasso on protecting military voters

Texas Insider.    The two Senators are determined to remove the inept military voting enforcement at the Justice Department from the field, where they pulled a Haynesworth in 2010:



The Senators say:

“Sadly, our troops are still forced to rely on the Department of Justice to safeguard their voting rights, which has proven either unwilling or unable to enforce the MOVE Act’s 45-day rule and related laws intended to prevent the disenfranchisement of our men and women in uniform and their families.  These brave Americans put their lives on the line for our democracy, so the least Congress can do is ensure they have the legal tools available to safeguard their own voting rights,” Cornyn said.  

Chairman Lungren responds to DOJ lapses

Chairman Dan Lungren issued the following statement after today’s hearing at which Tom Perez appeared:

” I find it disturbing that the Department of Justice touted their own success in implementing the MOVE Act when their efforts clearly failed to ensure all military ballots were mailed on time.  In fact, recent data indicates that approximately 20 percent of military personnel serving overseas did not receive the ballots they requested.”