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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2010 => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on October 10, 2010, 07:35:04 PM
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I think NY dems had every intention of disenfranchising their servicemen and women from the outset.
alert eric holder. :sarcasm:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Violating MOVE Act
More than one week after its extended deadline, New York still hasn’t mailed out absentee ballots to all its 320,000 military servicemen and women and overseas voters, in clear violation of the MOVE Act, FoxNews.com has learned.
According to the 2009 MOVE Act, a state must send out its military and overseas ballots 45 days prior to elections.
New York was granted a waiver to this deadline by the Department of Justice and given an additional 15 days -- until October 1 -- to send out all its ballots. On October 5, New York State Board of Elections co-directors informed federal officials that the state had not fully met their extended deadline, according to an e-mail posted online at FVAP.gov, the website of the Defense Department agency tasked with overseeing military voting.
In an e-mail sent October 5, New York State Board of Elections co-directors Robert A. Brehm and Todd Valentine wrote:
“County Boards of Elections have reported to our office that UOCAVA ballots have been transmitted to voters within their respective jurisdictions except in the City of New York, and the following counties: Erie, Niagara, Putnam and Westchester.â€
More (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/10/exclusive-new-york-violating-act/)
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Do I smell a democrat infestation in the afore mentioned areas?
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It just goes to show how much the Dems respect our military, the people that keep us free and maintain our right to vote. I hope that someone with "standing" sues the hell out of NY.
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amazingly enough, the DoJ is going after them. there must be something in the small print.
Justice Department sues New York over delayed military ballots
The U.S. Department of Justice sued New York State and New York State Board of Elections on Tuesday after several counties missed deadlines intended to ensure military voters receive ballots in time for their votes to be counted in the November elections.
The complaint filed Tuesday evening charges the state and its board of elections with "failure to ensure that election officials in Niagara, Putnam, Westchester, Erie,Richmond, Bronx, New York, Kings, and Queens Counties transmitted absentee ballots by October 1," which was the second deadline missed by the counties, after the state had been given a waiver for missing its earlier deadline.
The legal action marks 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, which is intended to ensure that overseas ballots are sent, received and counted on time.
More (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/12/justice-department-sues-new-york-violations-law-protecting-military-voters/)
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amazingly enough, the DoJ is going after them. there must be something in the small print.
If the DOJ is successful in their suit, it still won't change things for this election.
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I believe NY is will be forced to extend ballot receipt deadlines, send the remaining ballots out by express mail, and send email notifications of online ballots.
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I believe NY is will be forced to extend ballot receipt deadlines, send the remaining ballots out by express mail, and send email notifications of online ballots.
You might be right, I just read something about it possibly delaying knowing who won if races are close enough.
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it may have already been settled (http://ballotnews.org/2010/10/13/ny-state-board-of-elections-settle-with-feds-on-move-act/). I can't really vouch for the reliability of the source . . .