Lingamfelter Protects Military’s Right to Vote
By Krystle Weeks | Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 | PoliticsDel. L. Scott Lingamfelter sent a letter to Governor Bob McDonnell today asking for him to direct the Board of Elections to send a reminder to registrars across the Commonwealth of Virginia to mail out absentee ballots in accordance to the new federal law. This law requires that absentee ballots are sent to military and overseas voters no later than 45 days prior to the next election. Virginia would need to print the ballots by September 18, 2010, in order to be counted in the November elections.
Lingamfelter said:
“As a career military officer and combat veteran, I have always been concerned about protecting the rights of military voters. Those in the military and overseas risk everything to protect our right to vote. We must do everything we can to ensure they can participate in the freedoms they secure for us.
“I’m confident the Governor and the State Board of Elections will take effective action to ensure the votes of our service members will be counted. In light of the Obama Administration’s refusal to prosecute voter intimidation in Philadelphia, I worry that the Federal Government will ignore voter laws just like they ignore immigration laws. We must remain vigilant to ensure we have fair elections where voters are heard.”
With the rise of voter fraud in the country, this ensures that each ballot would be accounted for properly and on time. It is especially troublesome to see a ballot not be counted due to waiting until the last minute for the absentee version. Every vote should be counted and the process should be fair.
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Growing up in Maryland typically does not yield a Republican. Fortunately, Krystle Weeks was one of the lucky few booted to the Commonwealth for her staunch conservative views. From an early age, she has been debating politics, and since 2006, she has been involved here in the Commonwealth helping Republican candidates to victory. Aside from politics, Krystle is a runner and a dynamite cook. You can email her here. Krystle also blogs at Crystal Clear Conservative and Charm Offensive Cooking.
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3 Responses to "Lingamfelter Protects Military’s Right to Vote"
45 days still isn’t enough. Many places, like Diego Garcia, takes a month just to get the mail. Probably even worse in the badlands. I got mine two days before the election. I still wonder why they don’t just email the damn thing and figure out a PKI solution for the return.
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I agree with Darrell – 45 days is not enough. For my military family member, I intend to obtain the absentee ballot, scan it, and e-mail it to him at least 45 days out – if the ballot is available from his state, that is.
My understanding of the new federal law is that it gives the individual Secretaries of State the option of not mailing absentee ballots to the military at all. I assume that is part of Soros’s Secretary of State Project. Since the current frat boy occupying our White House seems to cartwheel for Soros, I’m not surprised. He and Soros underestimate Americans.
I urge everyone serving or who has a family member or friend serving, we need to get the absentee ballots to our military as soon as they are available and not wait for any SOS mailing.
My understanding is that absentee ballots are not counted unless the election is close. Am I wrong? Either way, we can’t take a chance.
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