Military Voting Mess 2012

Because you might not see it at other blogs, here is the link to the story on the DOD Inspector General’s report finding that the Department of Defense has failed to comply with federal law requiring military installations to provide voter registration services.  Congress authorized $75 million to ensure that this happened by 2012, but the head of the Pentagon office responsible, Pam Mitchell (photo below), said there wasn’t enough funding.


Congress is set to hold hearings where we may find out if this was deliberate Obama adminstration policy to ignore federal law when it comes to military voters, or, gross incompetence by Mitchell’s FVAP shop.  Stay tuned.   It’s starting to feel like 2010 all over again.

Military Voting Mess 2012

Because you might not see it at other blogs, here is the link to the story on the DOD Inspector General’s report finding that the Department of Defense has failed to comply with federal law requiring military installations to provide voter registration services.  Congress authorized $75 million to ensure that this happened by 2012, but the head of the Pentagon office responsible, Pam Mitchell (photo below), said there wasn’t enough funding.


Congress is set to hold hearings where we may find out if this was deliberate Obama adminstration policy to ignore federal law when it comes to military voters, or, gross incompetence by Mitchell’s FVAP shop.  Stay tuned.   It’s starting to feel like 2010 all over again.

FVAP has its head in the sand on military voting issues.

The Washington Times quotes the interim Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program on the state of military voting.

“I strongly believe that voting assistance is the best that it has ever been,”Pam Mitchell said at a Pentagon briefing.

Mr. Eversole disputed her remarks.

“She may believe that, but data from the states shows otherwise,” he said.

A
report last month from the Military Voter Protection Project found that
military requests for absentee ballots were lower than in 2008 in key
swing states like Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio. In those three
states fewer than 2 percent of eligible military voters had requested
absentee ballots, the report found.

Never. Been. Better.



FVAP has its head in the sand on military voting issues.

The Washington Times quotes the interim Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program on the state of military voting.

“I strongly believe that voting assistance is the best that it has ever been,”Pam Mitchell said at a Pentagon briefing.

Mr. Eversole disputed her remarks.

“She may believe that, but data from the states shows otherwise,” he said.

A
report last month from the Military Voter Protection Project found that
military requests for absentee ballots were lower than in 2008 in key
swing states like Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio. In those three
states fewer than 2 percent of eligible military voters had requested
absentee ballots, the report found.

Never. Been. Better.