From Beverly Perlson of The Band Of Mothers:
All of us in Illinois understand the serious implications when the DOD and DOJ do nothing to support and enforce the Motor Voter Act with regard to the military vote! Our Brave Men and Women risk their lives to keep us all safe and EVERYTHING possible should be done to assist our Brave Warriors in their right to cast their votes!!!
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/07/disfranchisement-our-military-voters/
Folks, please read this Op Ed by Eric Eversole and Hans A Von Spakovsky. It is another scathing report on the reckless partisan shenanigans of this administration regarding the disenfranchisement of our military voters!
All of us in Illinois understand the serious implications when the DOD and DOJ do nothing to support and enforce the Motor Voter Act with regard to the military vote! Our Brave Men and Women risk their lives to keep us all safe and EVERYTHING possible should be done to assist our Brave Warriors in their right to cast their votes!!!
From this Op Ed piece and what is so infuriating:
“The Justice Department filed its first Motor Voter lawsuit against Rhode Island in March. The Division followed up with a lawsuit against Louisiana in July. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez justified the lawsuits by stating, “[t]he voting process begins with registration, and it is essential that all citizens have unfettered access to voter-registration opportunities.”
Yet, neither lawsuit attempts to protect “all” citizens. Both cases focus only on the voter services being provided at welfare and other social services offices. In other words, the Division is not trying to protect “all” citizens, but only those who depend on government entitlements — who overwhelmingly support Democrats.”
And:
“DOJ sued Rhode Island because it was concerned that only 707 applications had been received from public assistance offices. But zero applications were received from military recruitment offices in Rhode Island. Similarly, DOJ sued Louisiana, where more than 7,200 applications were received from public assistance and disability services offices. Yet the Department seems unconcerned that only 1,500 applications were received from recruitment offices.”
We need your help. We need your assistance in asking the DOJ for an answer to this question:
“Why is DOJ ignoring DOD’s clear violations of the law?
It is clear by their “lawsuit” actions they do not seem the least bit concerned about the lack of military votes in some states!”
Please email Rebecca Wertz and Thomas Perez. Their emails are below:
The voting section attorney responsible for military voting is Rebecca Wertz. Her direct email is rebecca.j.wertz@usdoj.gov.
Thomas Perez is the head of the entire civil rights division. His email is Thomas.Perez@usdoj.gov.
Our military, more than any other citizens, deserve the utmost assistance in getting registered to vote and getting their votes counted. If the state of Illinois can hand deliver ballots to inmates in Illinois prisons, we darn sure should be able do EVERYTHING as a nation to assist and accommodate our brave Warriors who risk their lives to keep us safe.
We really need all of you to send an email to Rebecca Wertz and Thomas Perez. The November election is just around the corner and the DOJ needs to answer for their partisan action and assure Americans our military voter’s rights will be protected in this coming election!
Please forward this to all on your email lists. Help us protect our military rights as our brave military protects all of us!
Thank You
Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers
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Applications are only needed when the potential voter is not already registered.