Not if Rahm Emanuel has anything to do with it.
Not if Rahm Emanuel has anything to do with it.
Ballots
Wouldn’t be the first time.
can you just picture Stuart Smalley,Schumer,Wasserman and Pelosi counting all the ballots?
In 2006, military ballots were held up at the Joint Military Mail Terminal on Victory Base until they were no longer valid. The reason given was to make space for higher priority mail.
well in Rahms case, they are ballets, I mean, could a mayor look any more pansy? someone give Rahm a tampon.
Wonder what can be done to protect their votes?
all we can pray for is a poll saying that 70% of all military (including “Navy Corpse-Men) are voting for Romney.
One of the views of far lefties, especially in Minnestoopid, is that anyone with any military background should not be allowed to participate in the political process. This was expressed during one of Congressman John Kline’s campaign by the organization of his opponent. His opponent’s campagn edited a photo of Kline in his Marine dress blues so that it was a Nazi SS uniform. (John Kline is a conservative Republican). Of course John Murtha(censored) gets a pass from the lefties.
So dumping the ballots of the military personnel is in keeping with the views of the Left.
Military personnel and their dependents—particularly those assigned overseas—are the most disenfranchised voters in America. By some estimates, at least one-third of military absentee ballots go uncounted during each presidential elections.
And the blame for this can be laid squarely at the feet of the Democratic Party and the Pentagon. In 2008, most of the states requesting waivers from laws designed to protect military voters were controlled by the Rats. And, the cities/counties where there were problems with ballots being shipped out late were controlled by...guess who.
As for the folks at the Pentagon, they run for the tall grass every time the subject of military voting comes up. Yeah, they talk a good game, but they never press Congress and the White House on actually enforcing the laws. In fact, the officer in charge of DoD’s voting program is typically a Lieutenant Colonel, so he (or she) has absolutely no horsepower or clout—and that’s by design.
With this year’s presidential election likely to be tight, more military ballots will be lost, sent out late, or rejected than ever before. And you won’t hear a peep out of DoD, Congress or the White House.
In fact, here’s a challlenge for the GOP, should they win retain control of the House and take the Senate. AS their first piece of legislation in 2013, they should past a much tougher military voter protection act, to ensure that ballots are sent out on time, returned and actually counted. The bill should also mandate that DoD develop an on-line voting system (in conjunction with the states), similar to the one already in use in Arizona.
The disenfranchisement of military voters should never be allowed—and can be easily fixed.