The Department of Justice granted a conference call with New York regarding their application to be exempt from military voting protections passed in 2009 for the 2012 election.  Namely, New York has not changed laws to ensure that military voters serving overseas get their ballots in time to be counted.  This is deeply unfortunate and military families from New York should be urging the Department of Justice and Defense to reject the waiver, now, without further delay.

After the conference call with DOJ, New York submitted this supplemental letter, and supplemental material.  Albany is notorious for passing all manner of laws, but apparently military voting protections take a back seat to same sex marriage and transit lock boxes.