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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Overseas service men and women are fighting for 
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our rights as citizens to live in a free democratic society; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Voting is a right of all citizens of the United 
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States, including those who are serving to protect our way of 
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life and way of government; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Overseas military voters had less than half of 
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their votes counted in the 2006 general election; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Of the 119,000 military personnel stationed 
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outside the United States who cast a ballot in 2006, only 
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57,000 - less than 48 percent - had their votes successfully 
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cast or counted; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Election Assistance Commission studies have shown 
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major discrepancies on the ballot delivery side, with 72 
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percent of those who failed to vote never receiving any of 
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their requested election materials; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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steps should be taken to require that the Secretary of Defense 
 


 






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implement improved ballot collection and delivery methods for 
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elections for federal offices; and be it further 

 
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    RESOLVED, That we urge the United States Congress to 
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approve the Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 by passing 
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House Bill 5673; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to 
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the Illinois Congressional Delegation, Senator Dick Durbin, 
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Senator Barack Obama, the President pro tempore of the U.S. 
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Senate, and the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.