Military Voting: More States Out of Compliance; More Inaction by DOJ

Could it get worse? Apparently yes. Military ballots across the nation did not go out on time, and the Department of Justice is doing nothing about it, except telling an increasingly angry Congress they will take care of everything. Fox News is on the story.

The Military Voter Protection project has identified seven other states with noncompliance with the 45 day requirement to send ballots overseas to military voters. How does the MVP know what apparently the Department of Justice doesn’t? Because MVP has a top flight operation to detect and flag failure to comply with Federal law – the sort of thing that the DOJ is supposed to, but doesn’t. An article at Pajamas Media describes the Keystone Cops Routine inside the DOJ to detect and litigate military voting problems.

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Fox News is on top of the Keystone Cops 2010 sequel:

On Monday, MVP Project sent a list of possible MOVE Act violations to Attorney General Eric Holder, claiming the act may have been violated in Connecticut, New Mexico, seven counties in Alabama, two counties in Arkansas, one county in California, one county in Indiana and two counties in Nevada.

Why isn’t the Justice Department detecting and litigating this?

And one can’t help but feel for James Cole. He isn’t going to be confirmed anytime soon. More from Fox:

Senator Cornyn said:

The information gathered by the MVP Project confirms the worst — that many counties and cities across the nation have failed to comply with the MOVE Act’s 45-day standard. I have a hard time squaring this disturbing fact with the rosy assurances given to me by the DOJ. There is now clear, public evidence that federal law is being violated in a way that could lead to massive disenfranchisement of our men and women in uniform. The DoJ has no excuse but to take immediate action against these jurisdictions — each day of delay puts military voting rights at greater risk.

And talk about Charlie Foxtrot. From Fox News:

On Monday afternoon, Justice Department officials met with Judiciary Committee staffers and others to address concerns about MOVE Act disenfranchisement. Sources said when staffers asked specifically about the contents of MVP Project’s letter to Holder, Justice Department personnel simply said they would handle it, and that they had 20 staffers working on MOVE Act related issues.