President Obama, the Commander-in-Chief, has filed a lawsuit to prevent the men and women of our military from having every opportunity to vote this election.
As outrageous as it sounds, this is exactly what has happened. President Obama’s re-election campaign has filed a lawsuit in federal court to block a law allowing members of our armed forces a few extra days to cast their ballots before Election Day.
This law does not extend their voting rights past election day; it only grants those who are risking their lives to ensure our rights are protected – including our most precious right to choose our elected leaders – a few extra days during early voting to cast their ballot before Election Day.
The Ohio state law allows military personnel to vote early, in-person up until the day before the election.
President Obama’s campaign manager said that this law allowing our military every opportunity to cast their ballot was “arbitrary.”
There is nothing “arbitrary” about Ohio’s voting law. According to reports, the state’s law had previously allowed each local election board discretion in setting its own early voting rules. This created a patchwork voting system and an unlevel playing field. The new law provides uniformity to the system so that military personnel statewide have the right to cast their ballot in-person up until the day before the election.
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