Group hopes to fix overseas voting problems

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Group hopes to fix overseas voting problems
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jan 7, 2009 14:15:56 EST

A coalition is forming to address voting problems for military personnel and overseas voters, according to the Pew Center on the States.

The Alliance for Military and Overseas Voting Rights will hold its first meeting on Jan. 29, said David Becker, director of Pew’s “Make Voting Work” project.

“It’s a coalition of military and overseas civilian groups committed to making sure the election system fully serves military and overseas voters,” Becker said.

It will include groups who are advocates for military members, contractors, foreign service officers, religious groups and law enforcement, he said. It will also address problems of military members voting domestically by absentee ballot.

Becker said the nation’s voting system clearly is not serving military voters overseas, as shown by Pew’s recently released study that examined states’ absentee voting processes.


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