Oklahoma also moved up their primary vote one month to make sure our ballots got to our deployed troops in time for their votes to be counted. If your state has done the same, and is not listed on the map, please contact Military Voter Protection Project and let them know. If your state has not acted to insure the deployed troops of your state votes will be counted, please contact your GOP State Leadership and help them get this corrected. Everyone in Oklahoma please take the time and thank Matt and Pam and the other state GOP leaders for caring for our troops and having their backs! They did a very good thing.
Twana
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July 17, 2012
Military Voter Protection Project announces its All-Star states
For Immediate Release: July 17, 2012
Contact: Liz Snyder Bowman, 202-789-4365
WASHINGTON – The Military Voter Protection (MVP) Project today praised 15 states for their leadership in promoting and protecting the voting rights of America’s military service members and their families. As part of the MVP Project’s 2012 Heroes Vote Initiative, 15 states have been named as All-Star states for their extraordinary efforts.
“These states are led by a tremendous group of state and local election officials who have made military voters a priority in elections. They have provided the gold standard of leadership in the fight to promote and protect the voting rights of our heroes,” said Eric Eversole, founder and executive director of the MVP Project. “We still have a long way to go, but these states are providing the example for other states to follow.”
The All-Star states include: Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.
In analyzing these states, the MVP Project looked at a number of factors including:
- The state’s efforts to work with and reach out to local military installations and National Guard units on a proactive basis to provide on-base voter assistance;
- Its use of electronic and web-based services to send election materials;
- Its willingness to create specialized communications to military voters either through public service announcements or web-based announcements;
- The state’s legislative efforts to eliminate barriers to military voter participation; and
- Its track record of making sure that absentee military ballots are sent out no later than 45-days before the election and, when they are not, a high degree of accountability to resolve any violations.
“We will continue to work with every state that is willing to make our military voters a priority and to provide them with the tools to participate in the election. We hope that all 50 states will join our Heroes Vote Initiative as All-Star states.” said Eversole.
For more information about the Military Voter Protection Project’s Heroes Vote Initiative or to view details about the MVP Project’s All-Star states, please visit http://www.heroesvote.org/.
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Thanks for letting us know.
As obummer would say "Only 15 out of 57."
They need all the protection they can get from the anti-military-in-chief, I work for the military and many do not like him, the dependent spouses are not shy about sharing their feelings about their spouses not being able to finish out their careers sgts and higher, as they are not allowing many to re-enlist, and the loss of income, much of their HC benefits and housing.