Military Voting Protection Project cites 15 states for helping military vote

UPI reports on the mixed record of complying with the 2009 MOVE Act. 

The Military Voter Protection Project says 15 states have made
exceptional efforts to ensure military personnel can cast ballots.

The “All-Star” list released Tuesday included Alaska, Colorado,
Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North
Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.   “These states are led by a tremendous group of state and local
election officials who have made military voters a priority in
elections. They have provided the gold standard of leadership in the
fight to promote and protect the voting rights of our heroes,” said Eric
Eversole, founder and executive director of the group. “We still have a
long way to go, but these states are providing the example for other
states to follow.”


McClatchy asked about those not on the list:

Eric Eversole, executive director of the military voter project,
identified the states doing the worst job at helping military voters as
Alabama, California, Illinois, New York and Wisconsin.

“Extraordinary
efforts to help military service members in war zones votes should be
universal. The reasons they aren’t are often just bureaucratic, or an
inefficient system,” Eversole said. “But these are Americans willing to
sacrifice everything for their country. We at least owe it to them to
make sure their votes count.”

more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/17/156522/states-praised-others-faulted.html#storylink=cpy


Voter Fraud and Citizen Confidence

Leora Meeks responds to the recent voter fraud indictments of election officials in West Virginia:

“I don’t care who you vote for. They’re going to put in who they want,” said Branchland resident Leora Meeks.

This is an example of the corrosive effect of voter fraud.  Citizens believe their votes are dilluted and meaningless when criminals affect the outcome of elections.

Anti-democratic attack on Voter ID in Minnesota

“What no doubt annoys the LWV and the other organizations that have joined the suit (such as the ACLU and Common Cause) is that they lost in the legislative process. This amendment was thoroughly debated and discussed by the duly elected representatives of the voters in three House committee hearings, four Senate committee hearings, one conference committee hearing, and numerous floor debates. Fourteen amendments were offered in the House and 15 in the Senate. But neither the LWV nor any of the other opponents of voter ID could make the case that there was anything wrong with this common-sense election reform.”  Full story.