Lonnie Said:

Dont American soldiers have the right to vote?

We Answered:

Tenchiro and LadyB evidently neglected to actually READ the article. Let me help them out: "The Virginia State Board of Elections argued in their most recent filing that they have no legal obligation to send out military absentee ballots in a timely manner. Restated, the State of Virginia has argued in a federal court filing that they can legally send out absentee ballots to active duty soldiers the day before an election. Restated again, theDemocratic Chairwoman of the Virginia State Board of Election (appointed by the Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine, in his capacity as Virginia Governor) Jean Cunningham just claimed a legal basis for massively raising the barrier to voting for soldiers at war."

"Third, if ballots were even to be sent out in a reasonable time, a question is them getting back in time. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Dan Boren, Sen. John Cornyn, and Sen. Mark Begich have a proposal to have DoD pay for ballots to be returned by express mail, but Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi are blocking consideration in the House, even though it passed the Senate last year."

It appears through the article that Republicans are the ONLY ones who are trying to make sure that military absentee ballots are counted. I also direct you back to the 2000 presidential election where Al Gore sued to keep military absentee ballots from being counted, and the last election where John McCain also sued to make sure that military absentee ballots were counted.

Now, which party is afraid of the military ballots?