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Our Disenfranchised Troops Deserve Better

allen [skip] Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 7:37 PM
This is just another dog and pony show by mccain and others, they had plenty of time to fix the problem but this makes better news and makes them look like they are fighting the very system they helped put into place. At least the democrats are up front about not fixing the problem, military votes predominantly republican, so why should they help the service personal. You know that after all the wars this country has fought since Korea, it amazes me that anyone with any intelligence would want to serve under our politicians. These scum politicians use these great people as fodder to further their own enrichment. I know this is going to p-ss some people off but it p-sses me off watching good people die and maimed for nothing!

The next president of the United States must do right by our men and women in uniform. Our troops put their lives on the line to protect our right to vote, but untold thousands of them were unable to cast their own ballots on Tuesday. For shame.

Veterans groups and soldiers advocates have warned about military disenfranchisement for years. M. Eric Eversole, director of the Military Voter Protection (MVP) Project and a former litigation attorney in the Voting Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, reported that "more than 17,000 military and overseas voters were disenfranchised in 2008 because their...

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