Posted on 07/28/2010 8:45:06 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Department of Justice is ignoring a new law aimed at protecting the right of American soldiers to vote, according to two former DOJ attorneys who say states are being encouraged to use waivers to bypass the new federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.
The MOVE Act, enacted last October, ensures that servicemen and women serving overseas have ample time to get in their absentee ballots. The result of the DOJ's alleged inaction in enforcing the act, say Eric Eversole and J. Christian Adams — both former litigation attorneys for the DOJ’s Voting Section — could be that thousands of soldiers' ballots will arrive too late to be counted.
"It is an absolute shame that the section appears to be spending more time finding ways to avoid the MOVE Act, rather than finding ways to ensure that military voters will have their votes counted," said Eversole, director of the Military Voter Protection Project, a new organization devoted to ensuring military voting rights. "The Voting Section seems to have forgotten that it has an obligation to enforce federal law, not to find and raise arguments for states to avoid these laws."
Adams, a conservative blogger (www.electionlawcenter.com) who gained national attention when he testified against his former employer after it dropped its case against the New Black Panther Party, called the DOJ’s handling of the MOVE Act akin to “keystone cops enforcement.”
“I do know that they have adopted positions or attempted to adopt positions to waivers that prove they aren’t interested in aggressively enforcing the law,” Adams told FoxNews.com. “They shouldn’t be going to meeting with state election officials and telling them they don’t like to litigate cases and telling them that the waiver requirements are ambiguous.”
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Hmmmm, could the reason be that most enlisted military personnel traditionally vote Republican? No, that couldn’t be the case in the blind eye of justice!
Further confirmation that Libs, Dems, and Obama HATE the military.
I’m shocked, SHOCKED that a democrat DOJ is dragging it’s feet on this issue! I will appoint a hand picked investigating committee! /s
America's enemies are here, and they are in Washington D.C.
The DOJ is too busy investigating the FBI test cheaters.
Yes, and Obama and Holder's DOJ are blatantly leading the parade.
Never - Ever vote by mail unless it is absolutely necessary....so many of the 'early ballots' - absentee ballots - along with the military ballots, are "found" after the election in boxes in all the wrong places. Go to your polling place...kick a black panther in the shin and Vote!
Another indelible spot on the LOST INTEGRITY of the DO”J”.
They are the lowest of the low if they are denying our people in uniform their voting rights.
Disgraceful.
You’re both dead on the money.
It’s almost like Holder and Obama don’t care that the country is watching this Justice Department ignore or flat out break our laws.
I really believe they don’t care.
Bookmark.
Well, why should they?
Who's going to stop them?
MSM? - Nope.
Courts? - Nope.
Congress? - Nope.
Well, why would they?
Who's going to stop them?
MSM? - Nope.
Courts? - Nope.
Congress? - Nope.
This is exactly what has been happening in at least the last three general elections. The military is the heart of our country and should have every single one of their votes counted!
ping
This DOJ, under Holder, who does the bidding of Obama, are criminals and traitors. Obama may not be a traitor because he may not be a citizen.
To deliberately disenfranchise our troops, who are being killed and maimed while defending America, is so low that it defies description.
I have come to suspect that most career politicians represent a lower life form. They are mutants. They belong in cages, not in Washington, D.C. undermining the liberties guaranteed American citizens under the Constitution.
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