Perspective
Aug. 26, 2011
No vote for you: How the US disenfranchises America’s heroes
In the 2010 election, approximately 65, 0000, military voters were disenfranchised by the very government they fight to protect. By Kyndra Miller Rotunda of Chapman University
The Chapman University AMVETS Legal Clinic, in cooperation with the Military Voter Protection Project, recently published a study that exposes the hurdles faced by deployed service members when casting a ballot. It isn't pretty.
In 2009, Congress passed the Military Overseas Voting Empowerment Act, also known as the MOVE Act. One important provision requires states to mail ballots to deployed service members at least 45 day...
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