The Houston Chronicle reports: And those looking for help might be out of luck. A report released Aug. 31 shows the Department of Defense could not reach about half of 219 required voter assistance offices, prompting an angry letter from Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act cosponsor Sen. John Cornyn
For members of the military serving overseas, there’s another battle being fought on the home front: registering and voting in this year’s presidential election.
“Senator Cornyn criticizes lack of voter assistance to military”
The Houston Chronicle reports: And those looking for help might be out of luck. A report released Aug. 31 shows the Department of Defense could not reach about half of 219 required voter assistance offices, prompting an angry letter from Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act cosponsor Sen. John Cornyn
For members of the military serving overseas, there’s another battle being fought on the home front: registering and voting in this year’s presidential election.
Pennsylvania legislator proposes “Voter ID Day” as outreach
Pennsylvania legislator proposes “Voter ID Day” as outreach
IBD: “Obama To Soldiers Overseas: No Voting For You!”
Last week, however, the Pentagon’s inspector general reported that “Results were clear. Our attempts to contact IVAOs failed about 50% The estimated cost of establishing functioning IVAOs at all overseas Investors.com link to full story. Ouch.
attempts to locate and contact IVAO offices at overseas military
installations failed about half the time.
of the time,” the inspector general reported. “We concluded the Services
had not established all the IVAOs as intended by the MOVE Act because,
among other issues, the funding was not available.”
military bases not in combat zones is estimated at between $15 million
and $20 million a year. We wasted $530 million on Solyndra but can’t
afford a relative pittance to ensure our soldiers are not
disenfranchised.
IBD: “Obama To Soldiers Overseas: No Voting For You!”
Last week, however, the Pentagon’s inspector general reported that “Results were clear. Our attempts to contact IVAOs failed about 50% The estimated cost of establishing functioning IVAOs at all overseas Investors.com link to full story. Ouch.
attempts to locate and contact IVAO offices at overseas military
installations failed about half the time.
of the time,” the inspector general reported. “We concluded the Services
had not established all the IVAOs as intended by the MOVE Act because,
among other issues, the funding was not available.”
military bases not in combat zones is estimated at between $15 million
and $20 million a year. We wasted $530 million on Solyndra but can’t
afford a relative pittance to ensure our soldiers are not
disenfranchised.
“GOP Senators cite unacceptable violations of military voting law in letter to DoD”
At the link, quoting from the letter: With great disappointment, we have concluded that the Department of
Defense (DoD) stands in clear violation of a central provision of this
federal law, which mandated the creation of on-base voter assistance
offices. The price of DoD’s failure to follow the law will likely be
paid this November by military service members and their families, whose
voting rights were to have been safeguarded by this provision.
“GOP Senators cite unacceptable violations of military voting law in letter to DoD”
At the link, quoting from the letter: With great disappointment, we have concluded that the Department of
Defense (DoD) stands in clear violation of a central provision of this
federal law, which mandated the creation of on-base voter assistance
offices. The price of DoD’s failure to follow the law will likely be
paid this November by military service members and their families, whose
voting rights were to have been safeguarded by this provision.
“Mexican Man Admits to Voter Fraud”
A Mexican who was deported decades ago for drug trafficking pleaded guilty this week to living illegally in Escondido under a false identity and fraudulently voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, federal authorities said Friday. Ricardo Lopez-Munguia, 45, pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted entry to the U.S. after deportation, making a false claim to U.S. citizenship, and voter fraud by an illegal alien, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. Guilty. Of voter fraud. Yet the North County Times thinks it’s relevant to point out that Despite accusations often leveled during or after elections, proven cases of voter fraud are exceedingly rare, according to several studies and reports. A policy brief by the New York University School of Law’s non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice said that voter fraud is “essentially irrational” and “a singularly foolish way to attempt to win an election”… Many instances of alleged voter fraud are later discovered to be simple clerical errors. Ignore the facts – the Brennan Center says voter fraud is “irrational” so how could it occur? Or maybe it was just a “clerical error.” Denying the fraud even while reporting it.
“Mexican Man Admits to Voter Fraud”
A Mexican who was deported decades ago for drug trafficking pleaded guilty this week to living illegally in Escondido under a false identity and fraudulently voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, federal authorities said Friday. Ricardo Lopez-Munguia, 45, pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted entry to the U.S. after deportation, making a false claim to U.S. citizenship, and voter fraud by an illegal alien, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. Guilty. Of voter fraud. Yet the North County Times thinks it’s relevant to point out that Despite accusations often leveled during or after elections, proven cases of voter fraud are exceedingly rare, according to several studies and reports. A policy brief by the New York University School of Law’s non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice said that voter fraud is “essentially irrational” and “a singularly foolish way to attempt to win an election”… Many instances of alleged voter fraud are later discovered to be simple clerical errors. Ignore the facts – the Brennan Center says voter fraud is “irrational” so how could it occur? Or maybe it was just a “clerical error.” Denying the fraud even while reporting it.