The 2010 elections may be over, but Justice Department officials are reviewing what needs to be done to further ensure military and overseas voters’ rights are not violated, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez told a summit convened to address absentee voting issues.
Looking ahead, some states may need to make big changes that require legislation, such as moving up their primary dates, Perez said, to give election officials more time to get absentee ballots out to voters, and for them to get the ballots back.
Others may require “smaller but equally important” changes, he said. He asked for input from those at the summit — military and overseas voters, local and state election officials, defense officials and others — on changes that might be needed.
The U.S. Justice Dept. has devoted a lot of its staff and time since the 2010 elections last November, to enforce laws and to educate voting administrators across the country.
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