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Military Voting Problems in Nevada?
Posted By bobfrank On October 9, 2010 @ 12:51 In Outside Politics, Community Affairs, News! | 1 Comment
A question was asked of the candidates at the SCA Current Events Club debate this week about reported NV Secretary of State failures in 2010 to provide absentee ballot voting opportunities to all overseas NV registered military members and families, but none of the candidates were able to respond. Here is a link summarizing some of the national military voting problems in 2010:
Here is an extract of that article concerning NV:
“County election officials in Elko and White Pine Counties in Nevada indicated that ballots would be sent out on Sept. 22 or Sept. 23, days after the Sept. 18 deadline. Matt Griffin, Deputy for Elections, Nevada Secretary of State, admitted that Elko County had not been able to get their absentee ballots out before the deadline, but he said White Pine County had no problems whatsoever. A printing problem slowed down the mailing process, Griffin said, but contingency plans were being made to ensure that all ballots will be counted.”
A later report from the Secretary of State stated that DOJ permission had been received to allow Elko County military absentee ballots to receive special handling so they would be counted if mailed on or before November 2, 2010 and received within one week.
In addition, many SCA members at the debate event seemed to be unaware of the very long national history of problems of denying overseas military members the same opportunities to vote as other American Citizens. Both political parties have been grossly negligent in this area.
Here are links to some history on this issue.
[2] http://www.speroforum.com/a/20029/Reenfranchising-the-US-military-vote
http://www.vote.caltech.edu/drupal/files/journal_article/military_voting_law.pdf
1 Comment To "Military Voting Problems in Nevada?"
#1 Comment By bobfrank On October 10, 2010 @ October 10, 2010
It has been recommended that the above info be sent to the SCA Veterans Club, but that organization is unlikely to do anything. Certain political activists block “politically insensitive” activities by the club–including internal and external matters. Of course, we can only hope that the members are allowed to be engaged in such policy processes.
Action by traditional veterans organizations like the American Legion, VFW, Disabled American Veterans, Air Force Association, and Military Officers Association of American (MOAA) are the ones most likely to take action on this kind of issue. I have forwarded the info to them as well.
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[1] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/29/exclusive-law-suit-protect-maryland-military-voters-just-tip-iceberg/: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/29/exclusive-law-suit-protect-maryland-m
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[2] http://www.speroforum.com/a/20029/Reenfranchising-the-US-military-vote: http://www.speroforum.com/a/20029/Reenfranchising-the-US-military-vote
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