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Home Front: Politix
Board of Elections gaffe may nullify New York soldiers' overseas absentee ballots
2010-10-12
Apparently not just New York. Ok, Rantburgers, who has heard what about his/her state?
Posted by:Beavis

#9  breaking news - GOP warning...
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-10-12 18:38  

#8  "Queerly enough, the Justice Department are getting involved."

Of course they are, tw.

Now that it's too late to do anything effective.... >:-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-10-12 18:32  

#7  Wisconsin tried to get a 'hardship' exemption from the Move Act for 2010.

No exemption granted at the federal level, yet the illustrious Wisconsin Elections Board will still endeavor to muck up the military vote somehow. Feingold IS up for re-election ya know (along with a host of other socialists).
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2010-10-12 16:01  

#6  Queerly enough, the Justice Department are getting involved.

The New York State Board of Elections expects to get hit as early as Tuesday with a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice targeting counties violating a federal law that protects military voters, the state boardÂ’s chairman told FoxNews.com.

The legal action would mark the most aggressive federal intervention yet amid an ongoing debate over how to enforce compliance with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voters Empowerment Act , known as the MOVE Act. The Department of Justice is expected to intervene in several New York counties that missed deadlines intended to ensure that overseas ballots are sent, received and counted on time.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-10-12 14:35  

#5  Long time past when service members should have been declared a 'protected group' which is legalese for allowing the application of criminal statutes concerning civil rights and violations of those rights.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-10-12 09:24  

#4  And just a week before that I disenfranchised the entire U.S. Air Force

Again?
Posted by: gorb   2010-10-12 09:21  

#3  Tut tut, PB. And tut. Anyone can make a mistake.

Why, I remember last week, there I was, eating at a nice restaurant. Came time to pay up I discovered I'd forgotten my wallet.

And just a week before that I disenfranchised the entire U.S. Air Force.

Could happen to anybody.
Posted by: Fred   2010-10-12 09:09  

#2  Hmm. I didn't know until now that the word "gaffe" had an alternate definition: deliberate, premeditated fraud.
Posted by: PBMcL   2010-10-12 00:29  

#1  Well I for one am shocked, **SHOCKED** I SAY that the democratic party would disenfrancise those who are fighting and dying for us overseas.

But of course if one single felon, dead, or imaginary democrat voter so much as get questioned about their identity - it'll be *RACISM* and there will be HELL TO PAY!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2010-10-12 00:22  

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