MaggieMae
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- Apr 3, 2009
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And thank god for all the new red states! this time the military from the red states will get their ballots in on time(unlike last time when the deep blue states didn't even bother sending them until it was too late).
Another lie that went viral and the gullibles ate it up.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=47924
An estimated six million military and overseas civilian voters have the right to cast absentee ballots in Americas federal elections. No Time to Vote was developed by the Pew Center on the States Make Voting Work initiative, which seeks to foster an election system that achieves the highest standards of accuracy, convenience, efficiency and security.
For each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, researchers calculated the amount of time it takes overseas military voters and election officials to complete each step of the absentee voting process. The researchers then determined if all of the steps could be completed in time for each states election deadlines and assessed whether overseas military voters have enough time to vote.
The report found that:
The District of Columbia and 16 states do not provide enough time to vote for military personnel stationed overseas. These states send out absentee ballots after the date necessary for military voters to meet all required deadlines. The states are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.