Every election we hear the same old trope. Democrats complain about voters being disenfranchised and Republicans complain about military votes not being counted. If this is a serious issue, then the Republicans need to get off their duffs and actually propose and vote on a remedy. It should be fairly easy if done right- I can’t see how anyone could object out in the open. Otherwise, it’s just sour grapes.
Guys, the Congress keeps passing laws trying to help, but Holder gave a pass to all the dem states that didn’t get the ballots out on time or clean up their voter rolls which by law was to be done years ago. Holder sued every state that tried to make it a clean election. We weren’t allowed to use voter ID in TX even though a large majority voted for it.
Congress gave $75 million dollars to have a voting assistance office on all bases—about 211 total I believe. They held a hearing in Aug or Sept and asked the woman in charge why over half of the phone numbers didn’t work or their calls weren’t returned. She said they had done an excellent job and the problem was just that the phone numbers were out of date. Right.
During the last week to register in VA, the number of military requesting ballots was down over 90%. That can only be by design. Some vets helped get the number to about 40% of previous election which is still outrageous. My son was here on leave and TX is his home state so where he votes either in person or by requesting ballot to be sent to his base. They would not allow he and my daughter in law to vote. Yes, they were registered so that was not an issue. He said, “It’s ok mom, don’t worry about it.” It’s sure as hell is NOT ok to be refused your right to vote for your CIC. He left to see his grandparents the next day and there was someone that understood military voting there and he and my daughter in law were given a federal/state only ballot which is what should have been done here. One of the people that wouldn’t allow them to vote was a dang judge! The woman where they voted took down the info of what happened to them and had a list of all the military having a hard time voting to turn over to elected officials.
If we are going to give Sandy victims the ability to vote then explain why military votes that were done properly but purposefully held back by forces beyond their control are not going to count? Because every vote doesn’t “really” count. If your are a student and voted several times for Obama you can brag about it all over the internet. If you are risking your life for country you get cheated over and over and over again. I am 100% sure the ballots were destroyed and not delivered on time because the polling done showed military 75% for Romney.