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Post by bot on Apr 2, 2012 19:33:50 GMT -5
On March 23, 2012, the Justice Department announced that it reached an agreement with Wisconsin officials to help ensure that military servicemembers, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Wisconsin’s April 3, 2012, federal presidential primary election. The agreement was filed at the same time as a lawsuit brought under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) and signed today by the federal district court in Madison, Wis. The suit alleges that the state failed to send absentee ballots to over 200 of Wisconsin’s eligible military and overseas voters for the April 3, 2012, presidential primary election in sufficient time for those voters to receive, cast and return their ballots. The agreement provides additional time for receipt of absentee ballots to ensure eligible military and overseas voters, who requested ballots from one of the Wisconsin municipalities (at least 65) that sent ballots late, will have sufficient time to vote. Under the agreement, affected voters who have not yet received their ballots will also be offered the opportunity to receive their ballots electronically. links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwNDAyLjY1ODA3MjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwNDAyLjY1ODA3MjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjkzNjg3NCZlbWFpbGlkPWppbXRha2VkYUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPWppbXRha2VkYUBnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/March/12-crt-371.html
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