We all should be concerned about disenfranchisement and counting every vote.
Every vote means EVERY vote, including those cast by the men and women serving in our military.
Obama is always yapping about having the military's back. Apparently, that doesn't include ensuring their votes are counted.
From The Daily Caller:
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign has filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin to extend the amount of time military and overseas absentee ballots can be returned.It disgusts me that this is even an issue. A lawsuit shouldn't be necessary.
The federal suit came on the heels a campaign request to the state’s Government Accountability Board to extend the deadline after at least 30 Wisconsin municipalities failed to send overseas ballots 45 days before the election, which is required under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voter Act (UOCAVA). The campaign proceeded with the suit against GAB after their initial request was denied.
“Because members of the military are often stationed in remote, dangerous, frontline locations, there is a substantial likelihood that the defendants’ violations of law will prevent military voters from receiving, completing, and returning their ballots in time to have them counted,” the lawsuit filed Friday reads. “The defendants’ unlawful conduct therefore may effectively disenfranchise the very men and women who make daily sacrifices to protect our system of democratic government.”
The GAB's denial of an extension is a disgrace.
I'd like Obama to weigh in on this matter. He gives his opinion on pressing issues like the difficulties between new American Idol judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.
Obama should be stepping up and demanding that the GAB guarantees that the ballots of our military serving overseas be counted, extending whatever deadlines are necessary.
Obama has their back.
BS.
