Absentee voting started during the Civil War to protect soldiers’ right to vote. So why are so many non-military voters — including Canadians with dual citizenship — casting ballots through the same overseas system? Sharon Bemis, president of the Election Integrity Network and a former Maine election official, explains what she witnessed firsthand observing overseas voting in Maine.
In this clip you will learn:
• Why the military vote and the overseas civilian vote should be handled separately
• How the current system mixes soldiers with civilians who may never have lived in the United States
• What Bemis saw observing overseas voting in Maine in 2022
• What UOCAVA — the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act — actually covers
The fix starts with protecting every military voter while putting real verification around everyone else.
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00:00 — Why Separate Military and Overseas Voters
00:20 — Protecting the Soldier’s Vote
01:16 — The Overseas Citizen Loophole
02:17 — Canadians Voting in Maine Elections
04:02 — What UOCAVA Actually Means
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