And that makes huge news as "disenfrancisement".
Meanwhile, huge numbers of military votes are routinely never counted.
Truth On Target: Military Votes Not Counted 98,000 Lost Military Ballots
71% of Military Ballots not counted in the 2010 election. [ArthurK]
This is an outrage, but you certainly do not hear people like me crying crocodile tears over it. In fact, one news item that most people probably never heard about a week or so back:
Agreement Reached to Protect Voting Rights of Military & Overseas Californians | KSEE 24 News - Central Valley's News Station: Fresno-Visalia - News, Sports, Weather | Local News
On 29 May, the Justice Department signed an agreement with California over military ballots.
The agreement was filed at the same time as a lawsuit brought under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). The Justice Department filed suit in response to the state’s failure to send absentee ballots to thousands of California’s eligible military and overseas voters for the June 5, 2012, federal primary election at least 45 days prior to the election, as required by UOCAVA. The complaint also alleges that the state failed to ensure that ballots were sent by the voters’ preferred method of transmission (by mail or electronically), as required by federal law.
Which is just wonderful, considering the primary was 5 June. By the time this agreement was reached, it was far to late for any out of state military to vote. This is nothing new, this has gone on for decades, but nobody cared. I know that when I was in the military and registered to vote in California, never once did I ever get my absentee ballot packet on time. I remember one time in particular, when I got my ballot package for the 1988 Presidential Election. In May 1989.
It is things like this that make me really wonder at people that are getting all upset about the "rights" of people who are not even entitled to vote. How about giving up some of that outrage to US citizens who are serving in the military? People who are serving for all of you, and are routinely denied their right to vote because of beauro-rats who do not want their vote counted?