-- All documents concerning or relating to the Department's procedure of providing members of the Armed Forces with Federal Post Card Applications; -- All documents concerning or relating to how the Department informs members of the Armed Forces of their right and ability to vote in the 2008 Federal Election; -- All documents concerning or relating to how the votes of members of the Armed Forces will be collected and counted for the 2008 Federal Election; -- All documents concerning or relating to the January 15, 2008, deadline for providing members of the Armed Forces with post card applications; -- All documents concerning or relating to Armed Forces Voter Week 2008; -- All documents concerning or relating to the Department's implementation of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act with respect to the 2008 Federal Election."We're less than three weeks out from the 2008 elections and we still do not know whether military personnel and their families stationed overseas will be able to exercise their basic right to vote," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "The Defense Department should stop stonewalling and release these documents so the American people can know with confidence that the voting rights of the American Armed Forces are protected. It is the least we can do for those who pay the price for our freedoms, which includes the right to vote. What a scandal it will be if large numbers of our overseas military do not have their votes counted this Election Day." Visit www.judicialwatch.org to access Judicial Watch's lawsuit against the Department of Defense.
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