More States Fail to Send Military Ballots

The ongoing saga over states sending overseas military ballots to soldiers overseas took a disturbing turn this week. A study by the Military Voting Project shows that several states and counties around the country have failed to meet the deadline for those ballots to be sent.

The Military Voter Protection project has identified seven other states with noncompliance with the 45 day requirement to send ballots overseas to military voters.  How does the MVP know what apparently the Department of Justice doesn't?  Because MVP has a top flight operation to detect and flag failure to comply with Federal law - the sort of thing that the DOJ is supposed to, but doesn't.  An article at Pajamas Media describes the Keystone Cops Routine inside the DOJ to detect and litigate military voting problems.

What's worse is how the Department of Justice is handling this issue (and the yelling that is coming from Capitol Hill) The following nugget comes from what Hill staffers have said to DOJ    

On Monday afternoon, Justice Department officials met with Judiciary Committee staffers and others to address concerns about MOVE Act disenfranchisement. Sources said when staffers asked specifically about the contents of MVP Project's letter to Holder, Justice Department personnel simply said they would handle it, and that they had 20 staffers working on MOVE Act related issues. 

Will keep you posted as this story continues to unravel and also see if Holder will do anything to ensure that our military men and women are given the opportunity to have their voices heard in this critical election.