Thousands Of U.S. Service Members Will Be Unable To Vote In This Election

GOP Senators: Thousands Of Ballots Unlikely To Reach Military Voters In Time -- The Hill

A group of Republican senators said Monday that thousands of voter ballots are unlikely to reach military service members until after Nov. 6.

One day ahead of the election, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to express their concern over delays in ballots reaching military voters overseas.

“We write to express concerns over another serious failure by the Department of Defense (DoD) to safeguard the voting rights of our overseas military service members, which we believe could result in the imminent disenfranchisement of thousands,” the letter stated.

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Update: Are Military Voters Being Suppressed? -- Kurt Hyde, New American

My Comment: This is outrageous .... and .... I am not surprised to be reading about it.