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Military voting: `45 days to receive, mark & return’

Military voting: `45 days to receive, mark & return’

Doug Chapin, a nationally prominent, independent elections analyst, writes at electionline.org that the common thread for Washington and the four other states that got a federal waiver was that all meet the test of providing at least 45 days for military and overseas voters to “receive, mark and return” their ballots. Chapin writes: “Less than 45 days meant no waiver.” Washington and nine other states and territories requested waivers due to the short turnaround time between their late primaries and…

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The story behind our military voting waiver request

The story behind our military voting waiver request

In recent days, our office has received some inquiries about a federal waiver request to the U.S. Department of Defense by our Elections Division in early July dealing with military voters. The inquiries come on the heels of this FOX News story headlined “DOJ Accused of Stalling on MOVE Act for Voters in Military.” The story mentions Washington as one of two states  (Hawaii is the other, according to FOX) requesting this waiver. We’ve asked for a waiver from the…

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