Adams addresses some of that problem in the latter part of the article, right after “Could Wisconsin have done something differently? Lots.”
I think Adams is saying the DOJ is dragging its feet in making states who are dragging their feet comply with the move act in several ways.
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The states haves to send the ballots whether a waiver is issued or not but if sent too late they may not be counted. WI says they’ll count them if received late but I don’t know a thing but what’s in this article. I have no idea about any actions that can be taken by troops, I’d bet none.
The waivers are issued by the Pentagon but it seems enforcement is up to DOJ and DOJ undermined the Pentagon on the WI waiver.
The states knew this was coming for months and months and some just sat back and basically said “no big deal,” we’ll get a waiver. If DOJ would take firmer preventative action they could force the laid back states to better comply.
Thanks for your explanation. I know it’s a matter of scheduling primaries and ballot-printing deadlines within the states themselves that cause the problem. These days with politicians much more willing to contest election results, the 45-day deadline is going to be difficult to do. All the states will have to start having May or June primaries and I know the Washington politicians don’t want primaries before their summer break campaigning. It’s a cunundrum.