Strange story: Questions are swirling around two close elections in the Fredericksburg region that appear destined for recounts. In a conference call Friday, House Democratic Caucus Executive Director Trent Armitage said that 55 military ballots delivered to the Stafford County … Continue reading
Category Archives: military voting
U.S. Vote Foundation: Rarely does the first iteration of a law translate legislative intent into implementation flawlessly and durably. The legislative process allows us to correct, improve or update laws as needed in our changing times. It’s an ongoing process, … Continue reading
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly. … Continue reading
Stacey Scholl blogs at the Democracy Fund. … Continue reading
Doug Chapin: Yesterday, the Department of Justice released a legislative package aimed at helping members of the military, veterans and their families. Here’s an excerpt of the press release: When the Justice Department launched the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative last … Continue reading
Colorado SOS Wayne Williams: Earlier this month I adopted several amendments to the Secretary of State elections rules. In large part, these amendments are “cleanup” in nature; that is, they reword certain rules for grammar and clarity, they repeal some … Continue reading
Brian Kalt has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Brooklyn Law Review). Here is the abstract: For decades, eligible voters who have left the U.S. permanently have had the right to vote in federal elections as though they still lived at … Continue reading
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
Peach Pundit. … Continue reading
U.S. beats Alabama. … Continue reading
Drew Spencer writes for FairVote. … Continue reading
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly. … Continue reading
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly. … Continue reading
Press release: Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to overseas, military, and domestic absentee voter participation has received a grant from the Democracy Fund in support of a research-based approach to the unanswered question of whether remote … Continue reading
Mother Jones reports. … Continue reading
BizPac Review reports. … Continue reading
See here (following up on this post). I understand that some of the concerns raised by a reader seem to be addressed in this press release. … Continue reading
Argus Leader: Absentee voting proved so cumbersome for Maj. Anthony Deiss when the Army National Guardsman was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 that he admits he “didn’t take advantage of it.” But that was then. Now thanks to technological advancements … Continue reading
Doug Chapin explains. … Continue reading
Interesting order from federal district court judge Myron Thompson in UOCAVA case from Alabama (via J. Christian Adams). … Continue reading
News from Kentucky. … Continue reading
A Pew Data Dispatch. As I’ve argued in The Voting Wars, we have to do much more to enfranchise our overseas military personnel—especially with problems with voter registration (registration rates are very low). … Continue reading
The National Defense Committee has issued this press release. See also this statement. … Continue reading
McClatchy reports. … Continue reading
CBS News: “Tampa-area resident and Navy captain Peter Kehring has spent more than 30 years in the U.S. military. But due to Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott’s recent purge of voter rolls, Kehring will not be able to cast a … Continue reading
A Pew data dispatch. … Continue reading
This item appears at The Weekly Standard. … Continue reading
Air Force Times reports. … Continue reading
CS Monitor: “The Mitt Romney campaign has filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin seeking a five-day extension for absentee voters overseas and in the military.” … Continue reading
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Attorney General Bill Schuette want clerks in two dozen Michigan communities to extend the counting deadline for absentee ballots sent to residents overseas and in the military. … Continue reading
Following up on this post, Eric Eversole sends along these thoughts: The point that must not be forgotten is that the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) failed to provide military voters the assistance required under federal law. The most recent … Continue reading
Important report from Military.com: “According to Carey, the problem is not the Pentagon and it’s not flagging voter interest, but MVPP’s analysis. MVPP either missed or ignored the fact that under the law in effect for 2008, election officials were … Continue reading
See here. … Continue reading
AP: “Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign has sent letters to election officials in Wisconsin, Mississippi and Vermont demanding that the deadline for receiving ballots from military and overseas voters be extended.” … Continue reading
FOX News reports. … Continue reading
Zach Roth blogs. … Continue reading
Michael McDonald: “The number of absentee ballot applications is down by nearly half from 2008. In 2008, election officials had received 37,539 applications compared to 20,695 in 2012, or 45 percent fewer applications. The number of applications from registered Republicans … Continue reading
The Houston Chronicle reports. … Continue reading
A ChapinBlog. … Continue reading
The Washington Times reports. My earlier coverage (including a link to the IG report) is here. … Continue reading
TPM: “The Pentagon’s inspector general said in a report issued Tuesday that the federal government’s efforts to assist military voters under the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act aren’t working thanks to underfunding and ineffective outreach to younger military personnel. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
This is important. … Continue reading
The NY Times on overseas and military voters. … Continue reading
This letter to the editor (responding to my recent oped) appears in the San Diego Union-Tribune. … Continue reading
Troubling report. … Continue reading
Fascinating BuzzFeed report. And I’ve long agreed that military disenfranchisement and other issues are a reason to kill the caucuses. … Continue reading
In this earlier post, a reader suggested that a military ID for a retiree which says “indefinite” would not be usable to vote under PA’s voter id law. I asked whether this was correct. Thanks to a reader who points … Continue reading
I have written this cover piece for the Sunday San Diego Union-Tribune opinion section. It begins: It’s the election season, and the battle for the presidency and control of Congress is being fought not just through voter registration drives, endless … Continue reading
A reader sends along the following thoughts: While I firmly believe the Voter ID initiatives by several states are politically aimed at voter suppression among blacks and other minorities,I found myself being able to identify personally with the effects as … Continue reading