Once More Democrats Try To Kill Off The Military Vote
by Thomas D. Segel (8/12/10)
Harlingen, Texas, August 10, 2010: Stuffing ballot boxes, faking election results, sending in illegal ballots, having ineligible people vote, threats of harm to potential voters....All of these things have taken place during American elections.
Today we have millions of people who will be voting for the first time. There are millions more who became of voting age after the year 2000.
Most of them have no knowledge of how the Democrat Party tried to capture the presidential vote in Florida by denying American military personnel their right to cast a ballot in that election.
The 2000 national election for President of the Unite States of America was too close to call, even if the mainstream media was predicting a win for Al Gore. The race finally cam down to which candidate won the Florida vote.
The race was so tight that a recount was demanded. Florida’s Democrat majority Supreme Court decided that only four heavily Democratic counties would undergo a recount. Historically when the Democrats have handled any recount they have seldom lost an election. To assure themselves such a victory Party attorney Mark Herron wrote a letter of instructions to all Democrat organizations and the Gore campaign detailing for them how to challenge all military votes sent in from overseas posts. When that letter was written George Bush was ahead in the vote count.
Both Florida and Federal law require military mail-in ballots to be counted if they are received within ten days after an election. The Democrat Party knows those in uniform historically are conservative in nature. It is estimated that up to 80% of military personnel vote for the GOP. This could not be allowed in a tight race and the Herron letter instructed those counting the ballots to challenge or deny military ballots before the envelope was opened. A long list of ways to exclude these votes was also provided in the letter.
The end result was this ploy to deny American fighting men and women their blood earned right to vote failed to work…and George W. Bush was elected to the office of President.
Since that event transpired, the Military and Overseas Voting Empowerment (MOVE) Act has become law. That act requires every state to send absentee ballots to overseas military voters no later than 45 days before a general election, thus removing problems of time delay in getting ballots to service personnel and returned to the state where they are voting.
But there are political people who will never stop trying to twist situations to their own special advantage. The Obama Administration’s Justice Department has been suggesting to various states that they can ignore the 45-day rule for absentee ballots and delay sending them overseas. They are being told they can request waivers of that 45-day rule and that waivers will be generously granted.
Another important fact legal experts have noted is the Department of Justice website, filled with various instructions and information on voting, makes no mention of the 45 day advanced posting rule set forth in the MOVE act.
Political writer Paul R. Hollrah noted in an article he penned, “It is no secret that members of our military services, veterans, and retired military personnel vote heavily Republican. It is also no secret that the party of choice among prison inmates, convicted felons and parolees is the Democrat Party.”
He then points out that even though the Department of Justice website fails to mention the MOVE Act or offer instructions or details related to overseas military voting, “it does contain a detailed section devoted to instructing convicted felons on how to have their voting rights
reinstated.”
Here we are, less than three months away from another general election and once again the Democrats are attempting to suppress the military vote, while at the same time they attempt to let the criminal element of the country know their votes are welcome.
Semper Fidelis
Thomas D. Segel
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