U.S. Soldiers Fighting Overseas Should Not Be Disenfranchised From Voting -- A Commentary

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Waiving The Military's Star-Spangled Rights -- Washington Times Editorial

Congress must stop disenfranchisement of overseas personnel.

About four brigades' worth of American military personnel lost the right to have their votes count in the 2008 elections.

It now appears that the Justice Department is willing to allow many of the same 17,000 Americans fighting for us overseas to be disenfranchised once again in November. Congress and the Defense Department need to step in to ensure this doesn't happen.

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My Comment: I am 100% behind this editorial.