H.R.5673 - Military Voting Protection Act of 2008

To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to collect absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters for elections for Federal office and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to collect absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters for elections for Federal office and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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01/05/09
Military Vote Stifiled - Again! ::...

Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Vermont only give overseas servicemembers five days to fill out their ballots, the study found. Note: Pelosi ...

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11/30/08
Military Ballots Remain Problem Fo...

More specifically, as in its companion bill, HR 5673, introduced in the House of Representatives on April 1, 2008, by Representative Kevi...

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11/30/08
Franks: Pelosi “disenfranchising...

Interestingly, but sadly so, out of the 54 sponsors of HR 5673, 53 were Republican members of the House. And of the 30 co-sponsors of S. ...

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11/30/08
Amherst Times » Blog Archive » M...

More specifically, as in its companion bill, H.R. 5673, introduced in the House of Representatives on April 1, 2008, by Representative Ke...

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11/30/08
Military Ballots Remain Problem Fo...

More specifically, as in its companion bill, H.R. 5673, introduced in the House of Representatives on April 1, 2008, by Representative Ke...

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11/13/08
Gathering of Eagles

... and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the ele...

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10/26/08
Democrats Discrimate Against Milit...

Speaker Pelosi’s attempts to kill HR 5673 are an absolute disgrace. I think readers should immediately send a letter to their congressi...

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10/24/08
DRC: Instability increasing in Ori...

The staff is going to research the HR.5673 bill that was mentioned in the video you sent—thanks again for that link. hokiedokie24 Says:...

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10/22/08
Problems in VA with Military Absen...

But they really do support the troops. Second, there was a solution to these problems proposed earlier. Rep. Kevin McCarthy introduced HR...

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10/22/08
Is the Fairfax County (VA) registr...

Kevin McCarthy introduced HR 5673 to expedite the delivery of military absentee ballots. The unions opposed. Here was the operative bit, ...

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