Yesterday's Washington Times reported that the Justice Department's Voting Section has encouraged states to waive the statute that requires states mail absentee ballots to military personnel at least 45 days before an election. This statute was put in place so that the military serving overseas would have a chance to get their absentee ballots in before deadlines to have their votes counted.
If this statute is waived, many of our military will not have their votes counted in elections because they cannot get them back to their voting districts in time.
Sen. John Cornyn has met with Defense Department officials in charge of protecting military voting rights. One of the problems here is that generally speaking the military votes Republican, and in a Democrat administration with Chicago roots, fair play may not be the name of the game.
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