Look who is joining in on the blatant lie that the Obama administration is trying to prevent military personnel from being able to vote in Ohio — the American Center for Law and Justice, Pat Robertson’s legal group, the same group that is continually reminding us that Christianity is the only path to virtue and morality.
The Obama Re-election campaign has filed a lawsuit to overturn a law that gives members of the military a few extra days to vote early. Men and women in the military sacrifice dearly for our country and they deserve and have the lawful and constitutional right to additional consideration.
Stand with the U.S. military. The ACLJ will file an amicus brief backing the Ohio law – giving our military men and women an opportunity to cast their ballots in a constitutional manner. Add your name to our brief defending the voting rights of the U.S. military today.
This challenge by the Obama Re-election Campaign is not only unconstitutional, but it is also offensive to millions of Americans. Our military heroes deserve to have this lawful courtesy extended to them – not more roadblocks making it even more difficult for them to participate in the election.
And they’ll know we are Christian by our lies, by our lies. Jay Sekulow, Jordan Sekulow and the others are self-righteous, lying assholes.
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frankniddy
August 9, 2012 at 11:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’ve heard that if Ohio can’t accommodate early voting for everyone that no one will get it. This ignores that they were adequately doing it for everyone in the previous presidential election and before that.
nigelTheBold, Venomous Demonic Hater
August 9, 2012 at 12:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
frankniddy:
The law that’s going to be overturned? That took away the right to vote early from everyone but the military. It’s not that the law gives the military early voting privileges.
Reading the ACLJ quote in light of that just sickens me.
vmanis1
August 9, 2012 at 12:58 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The other part of the Ohio horrorshow is that in gop counties, the board of elections has voted unanimously to allow universal early voting. In dem counties, the boards have split on party lines, with the secretary of state, a republican, splitting the tie. Thus gop counties will have better vote access than dem ones.
I compare this to Canada, where our elections machinery is all non-partisan. The only role the parties have is that they have the right to attend a poll during an election, to verify that all is being done well. They aren’t allowed to communicate with the voter, or to display signs or buttons.
I’m not saying our system is perfect (there’s a court case going to the Supreme Court about a riding in Ontario where the margin of error by the election officials appears greater than the difference in the number of votes between the top two candidates) or can’t be gamed (there are the usual accusations of fraud by parties, some substantiated, in our elections). However, there are lots of checks and balances, and having the management of elections left to a nonpartisan group increases voter confidence.
As a pioneer of democracy, the U.S. should be looking at getting rid of partisan control of elections. I know some states are starting this, but it has to be a priority in order to restore respect for the elections process.
d cwilson
August 9, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’m sure the court will take an amicus brief that completely misrepresents both the current law and the plaintiffs claims with all the seriousness it deserves.
Of course, this is all about playing to the public, not actually influencing the court case. The question is, what will they do when the court rules that all citizens should have the same access to voting and early voting goes forward in those three days with both the military and civilians voting early?
Dexeron
August 9, 2012 at 2:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’m not familiar with the actual law being debated. What does it actually say, beyond what the wingnuts are trying to claim?
d cwilson
August 9, 2012 at 2:58 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Dexeron:
As I understand it, the current law in Ohio allows for early voter, but it closes the window three days before the actual election day for civilians, but not military personnel or the families.
Basically, it’s designed to keep civilians from voting on the weekend before the elections. Since military personnel tend to vote republican in large numbers, though, they wanted it to still be convenient for them.
Modusoperandi
August 9, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
d cwilson “Basically, it’s designed to keep civilians from voting on the weekend before the elections.”
Don’t be polite about it. Say what it really is. Say “The African-American churches mobilize on the Sunday before the election”.
“Since military personnel tend to vote republican in large numbers, though…”
Actually, that’s an urban myth. They just use check marks like everybody else.
Dexeron
August 9, 2012 at 6:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
So, if I’m understanding correctly:
The law says early voting stops three days before the election, but military folks can keep on voting. Overturning this law would allow EVERYONE to vote early. And the ACLJ is using semantics to (dishonestly) paint this as somehow taking away the voting rights of military people instead of what it’s actually doing, which is EXPANDING the voting rights of civilians?
dan4
August 10, 2012 at 2:47 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Maybe Sekulow and Sekulow and the rest of the ACLJ’ers involved in filing this amicus brief aren’t lying. Maybe they are just (at least on this issue, anyway) extremely stupid.