“Alabama works to make sure everyone counts; State becomes first to use online voting system for UOCAVA voters in presidential race”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Category Archives: military voting
“Working Group Offers Meaningful Ways to Make Military Voting Easier”
Stacey Scholl blogs at the Democracy Fund.
“New DOJ ‘Servicemembers Legislative Package’ Proposes Changes To UOCAVA”
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… Continue reading
“New election rules protect overseas voters”
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… Continue reading
“Unconstitutional But Entrenched: Putting UOCAVA and Voting Rights for Permanent Expatriates on a Sound Constitutional Footing”
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… Continue reading
“FVAP Releases 2014 Post-Election Report To Congress”
“Finding Alternatives to Runoff Elections Just Got More Urgent”
11th Circuit Upholds UOCAVA 45-Day Rule for Sending Out Absentee Ballots in Runoff Elections, Protecting Military Voters
“Proven Innovations to Uphold Voting Rights for Overseas Voters”
Drew Spencer writes for FairVote.
“South Dakota tests new program for military voters”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“New Effort to Assist Military/Overseas Voters”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Overseas Vote Foundation to Launch Remote Voting Technology Research Project”
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… Continue reading