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Voter Suppression: The Military

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Estimates say that the number of troops who will end up voting in November could be down by more than a third.

"We could see an election where turnout is down 25 or 35 percent," predicts Eric Eversole, executive director of the Military Voter Protection Project, which brands this year’s predicted military voter participation levels as "bleak."

In the crucial swing state of Ohio, the group’s report found that only 3.3 percent of the eligible military voters have requested ballots as of Aug. 21. North Carolina had even less, just 1.7 percent, Virginia a scant 1.4 percent. And the key state of Florida reported a rate of 15.7 percent.

Eversole says in the 2010 election there were "widespread failures" in getting absentee ballots into the hands of deployed troops, citing 14 states that had at least one county that did not distribute the ballots on time.

While troops register to vote with their home states, Congress in 2009 passed the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act to help smooth the process.

Defense Department figures show that while 77 percent of active duty military members were registered to vote in 2010, 29 percent reported that they never received the absentee ballots that they had requested, which was an increase from 16 percent in 2008, before the law meant to protect the military vote was even enacted.
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Group warns of 'bleak' military voter participation despite Pentagon efforts | Fox News

the real voter suppression

where are ed, rachel and reverend al?

their hearts just aren't here

yesterday, the pentagon's own INSPECTOR GENERAL found that overseas bases were substantially in violation of the move act, signed into law by prevaricating president punt in 09, in reaction to the difficulty our soldiers sacrificing in OBAMA'S WAR in afghanistan experienced in trying to get their ballots counted

is this part of the reason why so many of our active servers are so dissatisfied?

Internal Army Poll: Only 26% of Officers Say Army Headed in Right Direction--'Political Correctness' Cited | cnsnews.com

obama says he's gonna get that demographic

Obama Tries to Get Military Vote - Barack Obama - Fox Nation

obama says lots of things

he's flown michelle all around the country to try to get thru, she talks to em about family, in between recommendations, presumably, that they eat better and try to be a little more active

last friday, romney quietly landed in new orleans to stand silently beside busy bobby jindal in support of our first responders dealing with isaac

barack hussein was at fort bliss in south texas, near el paso, where his celebration of the end of iraq was met with stubborn and stony silence

cnn and msnbc had to cut away

suddenly remembering katrina, he cancelled his SEVENTH stump speech since the storm, jilting cleveland and flying off to lafitte to get his picture taken

this military loathes barack hussein obama, who abandons allies like israel and poland for some futile fantasy in favor of negotiating thru with the holocaust deniers in tehran, for some ridiculous "reset" with russia that is all putin the puppetmaster and no missile defense, for squat

exactly what are our kids doing dying in afghanistan, assassinated by our "allies" as well as the enemy?

why does general allen deliberately misrepresent the truth about these murders, insisting green vs blue is NOT taliban directed?

is this the culture of pc the army survey above cites as prime source of officer disaffection?

why is the pentagon so adamant about denying nidal hasan and his real meaning?

Fort Hood Report: No Mention of Islam, Hasan Not Named - TIME

hillary dithers on haqqani, are they terrorist, aren't they terrorist?

Obama administration divided over designating Haqqani network as terrorist group - The Washington Post

she's caught between the buried-head deniers in the white house and the more macho members of the military who know haqqani is an "efficient transnational industry which could be effectively undermined upon designation as a terrorist organization"

she's just like her boss

Obama dithers over Afghanistan | guardian.co.uk

a whole team of punters, not a quarterback among em

embarrassed yet?

or you don't care about military deaths anymore?

the networks have sure forgotten

august 22: US Troop Deaths Top 2,000 in Afghanistan

our first values, God, freedom of conscience, our soldiers, the free initiatives and ingenuity of the american people

heck, our troops don't even need photo ID, they can use their dogtags
 
The military poll results cited should alarm everyone. Morale is at an all time low with political correctness often given as a primary cause. The republican party platform has promised to put an end to social experimentation in the military. Hopefully it is not to late to undue the harm the administration has caused.
 
Six Republican senators are asking Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta personally to intervene to ensure that U.S. troops stationed away from home get the chance to register and vote in the upcoming election.

They say Pentagon officials are ignoring a 2009 law that ordered the military to set up a special voting-assistance office at every U.S. base around the world, to make sure troops can negotiate the confusing patchwork of 50 different sets of state registration and absentee voting requirements, and get their ballots mailed in time.

“The price of [the Department of Defense‘s] failure to follow the law will likely be paid this November by military service members and their families, whose voting rights were to have been safeguarded by this provision,” wrote U.S. Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and James Inhofe of Oklahoma.

“Many of the on-base voter assistance offices that do exist are grossly inadequate, and at least half of them are either closed or completely unstaffed,” states the letter, sent to Mr. Panetta Friday.

“We request a timely response on what you intend to do to ensure that our military service members and their families receive the voter assistance they need in order to participate in the democratic process this November,” the letter concludes.
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GOP senators ask Panetta to make sure troops can vote - Washington Times

panetta has also failed to move on those sequester cuts, in direct violation of congressional action signed into law last month by president punt

White House fails to meet deadline on detailing proposed defense cuts | Fox News

america voted for johnny unitas

we got ray guy

on july 31, hilda solis at labor mailed a letter advising defense contractors NOT to issue pink slips required by the workers adjustment and retraining notice act

fourth down president's seek flexibility

until they get it they swing the leg, look for 3 years of hang time
 
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