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formerly known as frank:
The Obama campaign has struck again, trying to prevent potential non-Obama voters from exercising their constitutional rights:


 


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From: Almarkle@verizon.net
To: Almarkle@verizon.net
Subject: FW: Obama Campaign Sues to Restrict US Military From Voting-response&action!!!!!
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 21:36:09 -0400


Atrocious!
Cap





DM
 
 
Bob
Just called the White House and voiced my displeasure. I even said - "Tell POTUS, how can he disenfranchise any military person, when he never served his Country-  in fact to this day -he still hasn't?" It was a 10 minute wait.
 
You may want to let Capt. John know that the direct line to:
The White House Comment Office (I can't beleive it's in the US and not India)
202-456-1111
Dennis Membrino LTC -USAR Ret.
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 10:30 AM
Subject: FROM Combat Veterans: Obama Campaign Sues to Restrict US Military From Voting



 
In response to complaints by soldiers from Ohio, about being disenfranchised by slow mail from the Combat Zone, the Government of Ohio passed a law, granting military personnel three extra days for off-site voting,  This was not granted to one parties voters but to all military voters from Ohio, and was passed on a bi-partisan basis. In Afghanistan, I can assure you that the mail service is atrocious; sometimes it takes letters up to three weeks to get from Kabul to military outposts.
 
On July 17th, 2012, the Obama for America Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee, and the Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn decades of military voting protection, saying it discriminates against all the other voters.  In response, a group of attorneys, mostly veterans, countersued on behalf of the US Armed Forces, especially those Combat personnel going into “Harm’s Way Daily,’ putting their lives at risk in defense of the Republic—to prevent them from exercising their right to vote is unconscionable. To add to the suit they asked Veteran’s and service organizations to endorse the countersuit.  We are adding our support today in joining the following organizations with release of the national press release posted below the names of other Veterans and service organizations supporting the countersuit.   
 
NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES
ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. ARMY
ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. NAVY
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
RESERVE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE
  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
ARMY RESERVE ASSOCIATION
FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION
SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION
U.S. ARMY RANGER ASSOCIATION, INC.
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS SOCIETY
JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES
WEST POINT ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES
MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS
COMBAT VETERANS FOR CONGRESS
 
                                                                          Obama Campaign Sues to Restrict the US Military From Voting
On July 17th, 2012, the Obama for America Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee, and the Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in Ohio seeking to overturn decades of military voting protections.  Specifically, in an attempt to gain more time for their supporters to vote in early voting, the Obama campaign and the national and Ohio Democratic parties argue that it is, “unconstitutional,” “without rational justification” and “arbitrary” to provide military voters more time.  Really?
The Combat Veterans for Congress PAC was founded to elect Congressmen and Senators who not only served in combat in our nation’s defense, but who are also dedicated to preserving and defending the Constitution of the United States.  And we believe that the most fundamental of Constitutional rights is the right to vote.  How ironic that the current Commander-in-Chief, who swore himself an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, is now arguing in court that the men and women he commands do not deserve any more time to successfully receive, cast, and return their ballots.
What’s even worse is that his minions at the Obama for America campaign issue dishonest press releases to completely misrepresent what the Obama campaign is doing, and how it can completely disenfranchise the US military; not only in the state of Ohio, but in every State and Territory in the Union.
That is why Combat Veterans For Congress PAC is joining 15 National Veterans Organization in opposing the despicable and heinous law suit filed by the Obama campaign and Democratic Party.  Do not underestimate the danger of this lawsuit – if the Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee are successful in this lawsuit, they will establish the precedent that military voters do not deserve more time to vote. 
Current federal law recognizes that military voters do, in fact, need more time, and mandates that all States send out their ballots at least 45 days before the election.  Many States also allow military ballots more time to get back to the election office and still be counted.  Ohio, for example, gives military ballots an additional 10 days to get back to the election office, in recognition of how slow military mail can be, especially for forward deployed troops.
But the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee do not care what destruction they sow in order to win this election.  If the Obama campaign and the Democrats win this lawsuit, that precedent will ripple throughout the military, putting all military ballots at risk.  For example, if a candidate running for Senate in Ohio loses by a small margin, and believes that getting rid of military ballots will improve his chances for winning, he or she would now have the precedent to go to the courts and demand that all the military ballots that came in under Ohio’s extended military ballot return time be thrown out.  And he or she would likely win in disenfranchising the military. 
That is why it is so important that we defeat the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party in their heinous attacks on military voting rights.  Don’t be fooled by the proclamations of Obama’s surrogates; their lawsuit is based on denying military voters special protection.  If they win, the military voter loses, and loses big.  Help us defeat this dastardly lawsuit by contacting the White House at 202-456-1414, and demanding that the Commander-in-Chief protect the voting rights of the troops and tell his campaign lawyers to drop their lawsuit.
 
Joseph R. John, USNA’62
Capt            USN (Ret)
Chairman, Combat Veterans For Congress PAC
2307 Fenton Parkway, Suite 107-184
San Diego, CA 92108
 
Fax: (619) 220-0109
 
http://www.combatveteransforcongress.org/
 

Hawkeye:
This is truly sad. They sue states who are trying to stop illegals from voting by requiring an ID and now they try to stop the military (who I am sure vote more Republican then Democrat) from voting.  This is just Chicago style community organizer politics.

oldgraygeek:
It's a lie, though.
Ohio's governor sought to severely limit early voting for everyone except militery personnel.
The Obama administration sued to stop that from happening, and the Romney campaign lied about it.

Hawkeye:
After I little research I think I figured out what this was all about.  All voters in Ohio had a deadline of the Monday before the election for early voting. The GOP in control opted to cut that back to Friday to cut costs but because of already existing legislation they could not move the Military cut off date back from Monday.  This does not "severely limit" non military voters nor does the stated goal of the law suit, to move everybody back to a deadline of Monday, effect the military votes.


--- Quote ---The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a series of voting laws in 2011, bumping the deadline for most residents back to the preceding Friday. But there was a problem: the measures contained conflicting deadlines for military personnel and their families, who benefit from the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voter Act.

Ohio’s secretary of state resolved the matter by clarifying that the previous Monday deadline would still apply to service members. The Democratic plaintiffs contend that this “disparate treatment” of voters is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In other words, they think everyone in the state should have the same deadline.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/is-obama-challenging-voting-privileges-of-ohio-military-members/2012/08/07/b9cf76ac-e080-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_blog.html


--- Quote ---A series of laws passed in the past year by Ohio’s Republican state legislature and Gov. John Kasich have waived the last three days of in-person early voting before Election Day for all but members of the military. Civilians now have until Friday, Nov. 2,to cast those ballots and must arrive at the booth before 6 p.m.

Republicans faulted the extra time for civilians as too costly for local governments and prone to fraud and abuse. Meanwhile, service members were exempt from the restrictions, allowing them to vote at any time before polls close, an extra three days without restrictions.

As previously reported by ABC News, the Obama campaign sued the Buckeye State last month to block those laws from taking effect, restoring weekend voting as it was in 2008. Democrats say those last days before Nov. 6 give a crucial extra cushion for Americans who might not have had the opportunity to enter the voting booth in the days prior. The civilians’ exclusion, they believe, is arbitrary and a violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/romney-says-obama-lawsuit-blocks-ohio-military-voters/

SturmRugerSR9:
Thanks for splaining this Hawkeye. You da man!

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