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Congratulations to the Military Voter Protection Project — they have broken new legal ground in protecting military voters.


A Maryland federal court ruled today that it is a violation of a soldier’s constitutional rights to not receive his complete ballot on time. The court ruled that the John Doe officer stationed in Iraq had standing to sue based on deprivations of their constitutional rights.


This is an enormously important decision which will affect the 2012 elections.


This means that military members need not wait on the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., at the Justice Department to sue. It may end the monopoly on DOJ’s oversight of military voting, which is a good thing for everyone in uniform. It means that in 2012, during the presidential election, we won’t have to wait for the DOJ to act. It means that the Eric Holder military voting disaster of 2010 might not happen again.


Individual soldiers and sailors may have recourse to the courts, able to act immediately as they are trained to do in combat zones.


This ruling also shows that private citizens are more effective than their government. DOJ filed no lawsuit in Maryland, but MVP did, and MVP won a victory for military voters from every state.




J. Christian Adams is an election lawyer who served in the Voting Rights Section at the U.S. Department of Justice. His website is www.electionlawcenter.com.






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  • Our military should be able to sue the states that did not mail there ballots out in time and these votes should be counted even if they have to delay the results of the election until our military votes are counted. Every one involved in this should be arrested and tried and sentenced to jail. They commited treason as far as I am concerned. Also the DOJ people should also be arrested as they are not doing there job and letting the left get away with treason. Your damn right I am pissed. Gene
    • Amen to what the man says.
  • Praise the Lord..........God bless a Judge that evaluates reality in light of the US Constitution
  • WE STAND UNITED ONE NATION UNDER GOD THANKS TO ALL MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT.

    THANK YOU MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND THANK YOU LORD FOR THE JUDGES IN YOUR SERVICE TO SEE THE TRUTH PREVAIL!
  • Make it stick men this has went on too long. Thank all of you for your service. Hooo Rhaa!
  • Until all military ballets are returned the election is not complete. It does not matter if the military ballets were mailed on time or late. Until all ballets are received the out come is not guaranteed. If the military votes do not count then no one's vote counts.
    No winner can be declared until the military votes are counted.
  • I agree Judith. If you can DIE for your Nation You have a Standing in who runs your Country.
  • I hope we have so many Military filing suits that it completely overwhelms the court system. I think everyone on Social Security should sue the government for not getting a cost of living adjustment.
    • I think if you truly deserve Socil Security great but if you came here to freeload forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Great news for us.
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