Posted on 10/13/2010 4:37:02 PM PDT by MaestroLC
CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.
Cris Cray, Director of Legislation at the Illinois State Board of Elections, says not all of Illinois' 110 jurisdictions were compliant with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE).
The law requires every state to mail their absentee ballots 45 days prior to Election Day to overseas troops, government employees and other Americans who want to vote from abroad.
Cray says she is currently compiling data from each of Illinois' jurisdictions to determine which were compliant and which were delinquent. Cray said it's possible the ballots may not be counted because the state was tardy in sending them out.
Illinois was required to have all of its absentee ballots mailed by Sept. 18, the national deadline. Election officials have until Nov. 15 to count the absentee ballots, which must be postmarked by midnight Nov. 1 to be eligible.
In an e-mail response, Justice Department spokeswoman Xochil Hinojosa confirmed that Illinois is being investigated for the absentee ballot infraction.
"The Department is working with all states, including Illinois, to investigate and remedy and problems that will prevent our men and women serving overseas from having the opportunity to vote and have their votes counted," Hinojosa said
The Justice Department has brought a lawsuit against the state of New York after settling with New Mexico over a similar case of delinquent absentee ballots for overseas Americans.
Several New York counties including the five boroughs of New York City were found to be in violation of the deadline after the state was permitted by the Defense Department to move its deadline to Oct. 1 because the state's primary day was four days before the deadline.
The Justice Department settled a case with New Mexico Tuesday where six counties failed to mail ballots by the deadline.
Overseas ballots could be a deciding factor in Illinois' mid-term elections where recent polls show a tight U.S. Senate race between Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. Republican Bill Brady has an edge over Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn for governor.
“The Marxists wouldn’t dare pull this crap in South America”
At least they print up the ballots, let people fill them out, and then toss them in the dumpster. It gives everyone a feeling that they participated.
“So why can’t New York and Illinois do it now in the 21st century?”
Because the military folks tend to vote Republican!
Surprise surprise ... NOT
If the military voted for the democrats then it would be all over national TV all day long about how they were being disenfranchised, and somehow those votes would be counted. It is time for the republicans to make the same argument and pound on it relentlessly. Forget about the Obama justice department. That is just a ruse. We need private lawsuits, and people going to jail.
IF these bastards get away with a “steal”, a march on Washington is a GIVEN...are you tired of the boot on your neck?
Our founding fathers took the British to task for much less.
Of course it isn’t but when the RATS are desperate to defeat Kirk it is standard operating procedure.
This isn’t the action of a “worker” but a political operative. Whaddaya gonna do fire a secretary?
I think you mean brainless.
ABSOLUTELY We need to fight this one folks. VOTER FRAUD BY THE DEMS ..Plain and simple here. You haven’t seen nothin yet . They will stop at NOTHING to win this one NOTHING ..Just watch..This must be posted to Rush , Levin and all newspapers
Yeah, but dead marines can.
Wow! That story should be national news. This looks to me like a story rich in criminal corruption. There entire might of the national media should shine the brightest lights on this thing. Talk about red flags. This is very disturbing. Something like this cannot go unanswered for. I want to know the names of people involved.
Greta Van Susteren, on her Wednesday show, just reported the news about a 13-ton crane that was delivered by UPS from Pennsylvania to the Chilean miners in less than 48 hours. UPS can get a 13-ton crane delivered across the globe in under 48 hours and our doofy liberal-enclave government administrations cannot get ballots delivered to our military in time? No. This is corruption of the highest magnitude.
The Federal Government can’t make votes not count, all they can do is fail to return the ballots in time to be counted as part of the elections.
In which case we are talking about a logistical problem.
In which case we are talking about a logistical problem.
That post was a semantic exercise that may have dazzled you, but no one else.
CA....
I agree, but from what I understand, there are no penalties for non-compliance.
There is a VERY easy solution for states ignoring the MOVE act. Simply have no waivers & any state that does not mail out absentee ballots 45 days before an election does not have ANY of their votes counted in said election!
Watch ‘em suddenly all arrive about 6 months early...ballots that is!
Brilliant. I like this idea.
| You call us thugs, deny our vote, straw-dogs to kick and whack. Did you ever take the time to think we'd start to hate you back? When you need help what you might find would not shock Old Sun Tzu. "No, Democrats,", we'll answer back, "we will not fight for you". |
Why are ballots even ‘mailed’?
If we can ship emergency supplies all over the world - within minutes of a catastrophe - how come we cannot deliver ballots to every service man & woman overnight?
Another act of treason!!!!
It’s called election fraud, engineered by Democrats. If we had a President, he or she would see to it that our servicemen and women exercised their right to vote. Here’s hoping the American public won’t put up with this fraud any longer.
“Another act of treason!!!!”
Yes, and when you combine this with those ballots that were sent out on time, but will inexplicably not make it back to be counted on time, you have an even bigger problem. To the left anything that advances them and their agenda is acceptable. They follow no rules.
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