Karen has invited you to sign a petition.
The
Military Voter Protection Project (MVP) has launched a new to ensure
that America’s service members have their voices heard in the upcoming
presidential election. Due to the transitory nature of military life and
the slow delivery process of absentee ballots, especially to war zones,
military voters face significant challenges when attempting to cast
their votes. This issue became glaringly apparent during the 2010
midterm elections when only 4.6 percent of military voters were able to
cast a valid ballot, according to data from the Federal Election
Assistance Commission. , which passed in Congress in 2009, aimed to
protect the voting rights of American soldiers abroad by requiring
states to allow a 45-day window for mail delivery of absentee ballots.
However, many states failed to implement the law two years ago, once
again costing our men and women in uniform their votes. As November
draws closer, MVP’s nationwide campaign is calling on the Voting Section
of the Department of Justice to pressure states to comply with the MOVE
Act and ensure that military absentee ballots are not lost in the mail,
delivered too late, or never delivered at all. They are also rallying
local military and veterans groups, as well as state and local election
officials, to make military voters a priority. Sign the petition to tell
the Voting Section of the Department of Justice to pressure state and
county officials to enforce the MOVE act, giving military voters their
rightful opportunity to participate in the upcoming presidential
elections. Those who lay it on the line for us deserve to take part in
the very democracy they fight to defend!
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