"'During the 2010 elections & previous elections, many voting jurisdictions failed to give military voters enough time to vote by not sending out absentee ballots on time,” said U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) who along with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation that would give military and overseas voters new power to fight for their right to vote.
Under current law, military voters must rely on the Department of Justice to protect their right to vote.
The “Military and Overseas Voter Relief” (MOVR) Act will provide military voters with the right to take state and local election officials to court who fail to meet the 45 day absentee ballot deadline."
http://www.texasinsider.org/?p=42582
If passed, this legislation would fulfill these voters' rights to ballots, that in the past were sometimes unfulfilled by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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