Not exact matches
Rodriguez, a 32 - year old Marine veteran, quit his job as coordinator of Veterans and
Military Affairs
at Medaille College to launch what some consider a quixotic run for mayor in November because Democratic
voters outnumber Republicans in the city by more than seven to one.
However, the Department of Defense granted a waiver to its requirement that
military voters get
at least 45 days to receive their absentee ballots.
Rodriguez, a 32 - year old Marine veteran quit his job as coordinator of Veterans and
Military Affairs
at Medaille College to launch what some consider a Quixotic run for mayor in November because Democratic
voters outnumber Republicans in the city by a more than seven to one.
The Department of Defense denied New York's most recent attempt to get a waiver from the MOVE Act, a law that is aimed
at provider broader ballot access to
military and overseas
voters.
The law requires states to send out overseas ballots
at least 45 days before an election in order to accommodate
military and overseas
voters.
The residents chanted and hooted
at the
military men accusing them of trying to intimidate the
voters.
After state legislators failed for two years to comply with a federal law requiring that
military voters stationed overseas get their ballots 45 days prior to the general election, a federal judge set the beginning of the congressional election calendar
at March 20.
«Notwithstanding any current state law or administrative procedure to the contrary, New York shall conduct its 2012 non-presidential federal primary election on a date no later than 35 days prior to the 45 - day advance deadline set by the MOVE Act for transmitting ballots to the State's
military and overseas
voters, i.e.,
at least 80 days before the November 6, 2012 federal general election.