MOVE Act
October 19th, 2012
Today I wrote to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to express my concern over the Department of Defense not complying with its legal obligation to collect ballots from overseas troops and return them to the U.S. in a timely...
September 7th, 2012
Today, I wrote to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, voicing concerns with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) deficient implementation of on-base voter assistance for military service members and their families, mandated by...
July 19th, 2011
Today, I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to proactively enforce the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act and the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prevent further...
September 17th, 2010
With the statutory deadline for states to mail military ballots under the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act) arriving Saturday, I issued another letter today to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing...
October 23rd, 2009
The U.S. Senate passed the Military and Overseas Empowerment Act (MOVE Act) yesterday, putting the bill one step away from becoming law. If passed, this bill will provide key military and overseas voting reforms.Our military...
October 1st, 2012
Today I issued the following statement regarding reports by the Military Voter Protection Project (MVPP) indicating a 92-percent drop in absentee-ballot requests by service members in the state of Virginia (versus 2008...
July 25th, 2011
Same Primary Election Date but all other dates modifiedTexas faced a bit of a dilemma in the Texas Legislative Session this past year. The Move Act requires States to send out ballots to troops...
September 29th, 2010
After it was discovered that counties and jurisdictions around the country have failed to mail military ballots by the mandatory September 18th deadline, I have been leading an effort to protect military voting rights.
July 28th, 2010
I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing serious concerns about recent reports on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) reluctance to enforce the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act),...