Today's New York Daily News is reporting that state Board of Elections last week informed the Department of Defense that officials in New York City, Westchester, Putnam, Erie and Niagara Counties had failed to send out military ballots to soldiers serving overseas by the October 1st deadline. The deadline was originally September 17th, but had been moved forward because of the September 14th primary election.
According to the article:
"Senator Charles Schumer said that sending ballots via regular mail can take up to 13 days, so he urged election officials to send them using overnight delivery to ensure that military votes are counted.
"Put these ballots on the next plane to Afghanistan," Schumer said. "There is absolutely no excuse for failing to get this done."
"The state board of elections did not immediately return a call. A spokeswoman for the city Board of Elections had no immediate comment."
According to the law, absentee votes are counted until 13 days after election day. There really is no excuse for this. Our soldiers are fighting for people overseas to have the right to vote. They should not be denied that right due to the inefficiency of government workers here!
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