Election Law Center: 1 out of 4 states ask to ignore law protecting military voters

Election Law Center: 1 out of 4 states ask to ignore law protecting military voters

Nearly a quarter of all states have asked the Pentagon to grant them a waiver to a new law protecting those in the military from voting in the 2010 election. Congress passed a law last year requiring states to send ballots overseas at least 45 days in advance. According to Fox, these states have asked for an exemption from the new law:

Hawaii

New York

Delaware

Alaska

Washington

Maryland

Massachusetts

Wisconsin

Colorado

Rhode Island

New Hampshire

Washington, D.C.

Former DOJ Voting attorney Eric Eversole noted in the article: "There also are at least six states (Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire and New York) that have not complied with the electronic delivery requirements under the MOVE Act. Those provisions -- which are not subject to the waiver requirements -- should have been in place months ago. Again, it is not clear why the Voting Section has waited to take action."