Posted on 10/04/2009 4:00:47 PM PDT by khnyny
Last year, we covered some of the problems in the counting of military absentee ballots in Virginia, as did others. This problem has not gone away. It has just moved. The day before election day 2008, the McCain campaign filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia to force Virginia to count military absentee ballots that came in after election day. McCain lost Virginia by more than enough votes, but the case went on with the Department of Justice replacing the McCain campaign.There were filings last month and will likely be a hearing this month. So what?
The Virginia State Board of Elections argued in their most recent filing that they have no legal obligation to send out military absentee ballots in a timely manner. Restated, the State of Virginia has argued in a federal court filing that they can legally send out absentee ballots to active duty soldiers the day before an election. Restated again, theDemocratic Chairwoman of the Virginia State Board of Election (appointed by the Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine, in his capacity as Virginia Governor) Jean Cunningham just claimed a legal basis for massively raising the barrier to voting for soldiers at war.
Really. Read on for details.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
I sent the governor an excerpt for the article and informed him I was sending a copy to Beck and Levin and would be posting it on military forums and it is an act of treason and as governor he swore an oath to uphold the constitution. I encourage everyone to go to the article and go to the link and drop the governor a little note.
BTTT! 4am bump ... ;-)
Admin Mod, please take this off the bang list. Thanks
Some Big Name Republican needs to make sure that all the military guys get ballots and that they are returned in a timely manner. Skirt ALL the BS. The time has come.
very well said bb.
Thank you. Perhaps we can suggest it to someone — know any millionaires?
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