Democrats and Republicans likely won’t agree on much this election There are now more than 200,000 military personnel serving overseas, These Americans, if they are Democrats or Republicans and are serving Link.
year. But here is one thing on which they should agree and take action:
ending the single largest legal disenfranchisement of voters in America. Those disenfranchised voters are the brave Americans serving overseas
in the U.S. military. Under the rules of both parties, they are unable
to vote in the selection process for presidential delegates in the many
states that hold caucuses to pick those delegates.
and more than 1.4 million in the armed forces, who could potentially be
required to serve overseas. Yet, those Americans serving overseas, and, in many cases, risking
their lives, were unable to vote in party caucuses in 18 states that
held caucuses instead of primaries in 2012, including Arizona, Hawaii,
Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Nevada, Maine, Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Washington, Florida, Missouri and
Michigan.
in uniform, can be denied the ability to cast a ballot to select their
own party’s nominee for commander in chief. How has this been
overlooked?
“U.S. military overseas deserve to have every vote counted”
Democrats and Republicans likely won’t agree on much this election There are now more than 200,000 military personnel serving overseas, These Americans, if they are Democrats or Republicans and are serving Link.
year. But here is one thing on which they should agree and take action:
ending the single largest legal disenfranchisement of voters in America. Those disenfranchised voters are the brave Americans serving overseas
in the U.S. military. Under the rules of both parties, they are unable
to vote in the selection process for presidential delegates in the many
states that hold caucuses to pick those delegates.
and more than 1.4 million in the armed forces, who could potentially be
required to serve overseas. Yet, those Americans serving overseas, and, in many cases, risking
their lives, were unable to vote in party caucuses in 18 states that
held caucuses instead of primaries in 2012, including Arizona, Hawaii,
Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, Nevada, Maine, Utah, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Washington, Florida, Missouri and
Michigan.
in uniform, can be denied the ability to cast a ballot to select their
own party’s nominee for commander in chief. How has this been
overlooked?