Ohio Press Conference: Military Voting Challenges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 9, 2012
Media Contact:
Kate Pomeroy | EMAIL or 703-638-3927
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Concerned Veterans for America to Host Press Conference
on Ohio Military Voting Challenges
Cleveland, OH – On Wednesday, October 10th, Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) joins U.S. Navy veteran and Ohio State Representative Mike Dovilla, R-Berea, in front of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to bring public attention to the DoD’s mishandling of military voting.
According to the nonpartisan Military Voter Protection Project, absentee ballot requests by service members registered to vote in Ohio have declined by 70 percent compared to 2008. CVA has joined in the cause of raising awareness of and proposing solutions to the disenfranchisement of military voters.
WHO:
Rep. Mike Dovilla, R-Berea
Jessie Jane Duff, USMC (Ret) military voting advocate and spokesperson for Concerned Veterans for America
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
10 a.m. ET
WHERE:
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Main Building
2925 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
For more information, contact Kate Pomeroy
at 703-638-3927 or kpomeroy@concernedveteransforamerica.org.
Concerned Veterans for America is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501(c)(4) organization that advocates for policies that will preserve the freedom and liberty we and our families so proudly fought and sacrificed to defend.
Ed Payne
Oct 09, 2012 @ 15:20:45
Here is the rub I have with this whole topic.
1. Do we really want DOD to be responsible for ballots? The current letigic environment has demonstrated that both parties are going to load the system up with lawyers to debate the integral hanging chad issues, so do we really want DOD to be responsible and have electoral lawyers crawling through DOD’s processes or to merely have DOD provide the conduit for information. Be careful what you ask for.
2. Is our obligation satisfied merely by dumping this responsibility on DOD? Each state, county, city, township and fork in the road has the obligation to document each ballot issue to be placed before their voters. This documentation is NOT only the ballot but the detailed information discussing what monies are being obligated, how that money will be obtained and the overall anticipated impact on the community. We are focusing too much on the presidential election and not paying enough attention to our election process overall.
3. It is well documented that the current generation of young people are very disconnected overall with our political processes due to distrust of not only the system itself but of the candidates. What evidence do we have that the drop in military registered voters is truly due to a lack of performance by DOD vs a lack of interest on part of the voters. Are we trying to solve a problem with the wrong solution?