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Obama DOJ Protects Military Voters From Texas Republicans

Ryan J. Reilly | January 27, 2012, 6:27PM

The Justice Department said in a filing on Friday that the primary schedule proposed by the Texas Republican Party wouldn't give enough time for military and overseas voters to participate in the election process in violation of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.

Here's the kicker: conservatives -- led by Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn -- have long been on a crusade against the Justice Department for what they said was a failure to protect military voters under the MOVE Act.

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Topics: MOVE Act, Texas, Texas Redistricting

Illinois

IL GOP Wants Election-Day Deadline For Military Votes Erased

Rachel Slajda | October 27, 2010, 4:48PM


American troops in Iraq

The Illinois Republican Party, which along with other Republican groups has attacked the Justice Department's enforcement of the MOVE Act, wants the DOJ to force the state board of elections to accept military ballots postmarked after election day.

The MOVE Act, which is new this election, requires states to send overseas military voters absentee ballots at least 45 days before the election. Several states were granted waivers because of late primary dates but several, including Illinois, still failed to get their ballots out on time.

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Topics: Illinois, Justice Department, MOVE Act

Republican National Lawyers Association

How A GOP Group Trains Republican Lawyers For Election Day

Rachel Slajda | October 22, 2010, 8:20AM


Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott (R) and Attorney General candidate Pam Bondi (R)

We've been telling you a lot about the Republican National Lawyers Association and the election law seminars they hold throughout the country. We had an idea of what the seminars were about, pieced together from who the featured speakers were. But now we have a much, much better idea.

Thanks to the Florida Bar, TPMMuckraker took a look at the agenda for an election law seminar put on by the RNLA on Sept. 10 at a Disney resort. The agenda, which is part of the RNLA's application to have the seminar count for Continuing Legal Education credit for attending lawyers, includes bios of all the speakers, and a list of the lessons given.

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Topics: MOVE Act, RNLA, Republican National Lawyers Association, Rick Scott, voter fraud

MOVE Act

After Accusations Of Lax Enforcement, DOJ Sues New York Over Military Ballots

Rachel Slajda | October 13, 2010, 12:20PM


Attorney General Eric Holder

After being accused by Fox News, Sen. John Cornyn and New Black Panthers whistleblower J. Christian Adams of failing to enforce a new law meant to guarantee ballots for overseas military personnel, the Justice Department has sued New York for failing to comply with the law.

The MOVE Act, sponsored by Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), requires states to send absentee ballots to troops overseas at least 45 days before the general election, or by Sept. 18. Several states, including New York, applied for waivers. New York, for example, pleaded that its primary, on Sept. 14, was too late to meet the 45-day deadline.

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Topics: Department of Justice, J. Christian Adams, John Cornyn, MOVE Act

J. Christian Adams

Adams: I Never Said Holder Is Disenfranchising Troops On Purpose

Rachel Slajda | August 3, 2010, 3:40PM


J. Christian Adams, former Department of Justice attorney

Former DOJ lawyer J. Christian Adams now says that he never meant to say the Obama administration was intentionally disenfranchising overseas troops.

In an interview today with TPMmuckraker, Adams -- who's also the driving force behind allegations of racial discrimination at the DOJ over the New Black Panthers case -- said he only meant that Justice Department bureaucrats don't feel like enforcing the law.

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Topics: Department of Justice, J. Christian Adams, John Cornyn, MOVE Act, U.S. Military, Voting

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