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Lawmakers want answers from Pentagon over failure to send absentee ballots to active-duty service members

November 3, 2024 | | Print Article

Republican House lawmakers are demanding answers from the Pentagon over why some active duty military members have not received absentee ballots to vote in the 2024 election.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from Reps. Brian Mast (R-FL), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Mike Waltz (R-FL), the congressmen express “grave concern over deficiencies in the Defense Department’s protocols” for the armed forces, saying that the stockpile of absentee ballots has been “depleted and had not been replenished.”

“Joe Biden & Kamala Harris are failing to facilitate the right to vote for our men and women in uniform,” Rep. Mast said in a post to X, sharing a copy of the letter. “I’m calling on the Pentagon to mobilize every resource necessary so our nation’s elite warriors don’t miss out on voting for the next commander-in-chief.”

“Our nation’s brave men and women in uniform brought to our attention that there has been inadequate education at the administrative level on how to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and fill in a federal write-in absentee ballot if their state-issued ballot does not arrive in time,” the October 30 letter to the “woke” Pentagon boss reads. “Other service members also stated that when a request for a federal write-in absentee ballot was made, they were told the base’s stockpile of such ballots was depleted and had not been replenished.”

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have mobilized federal manpower, resources, and tax dollars to block state-level election integrity measures, including in Georgia and Virginia, through lawsuits and smears,” Rep. Mast said in a statement. “They claim to care about democracy and the right to vote, yet they’ve failed to plan accordingly to facilitate the right to vote for every single one of our nation’s brave men and women in uniform. This is absolutely unacceptable. Our nation’s elite warriors deserve to have every opportunity to vote for the next commander-in-chief, especially since that person will be making life-and-death decisions for our troops.”

“Both Joe Biden & Kamala Harris have dismissed our warfighters serving in combat zones by either falsely claiming the U.S. has suffered no casualties under this administration or by claiming thousands of these service members aren’t in active combat zones,” Rep. Waltz said. “We need assurances these service members who are putting their lives on the line for our country have the information and tools they need to cast their ballot to vote.”

“It is completely unacceptable that our men and women serving overseas are not receiving the proper information and resources necessary to cast their ballot,” added Rep. Huizenga. “Sadly, this is the latest example of the Biden-Harris Administration failing to stand up for our servicemembers.”

In what’s being advertised by the media as a razor-close election, every ballot is extremely important, especially those from the military members who will be shipped off to fight the foreign wars championed by Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris.

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