Write Your Senator

I just wrote mine...

I read this story today and was

shocked that an agency of this Government would attempt to withhold voting

information from Americans living abroad. The explanation provided by the

Pentagon is completely

unreasonable, as U.S. Government sites that deal with much more sensitive

information, and would be at much higher risk for hacking (such as

whitehouse.gov) are available without incident through the affected ISP's.

This can only be a politically motivated decision, and it troubles me greatly.

This is an attempt by someone to disenfranchise thousands, if not millions,

of American citizens, many in our Armed Forces, and it needs to be stopped

immediately. This is an affront to one of our basic rights as citizens of this

country, and that the Pentagon would take this step without Congressional

approval or proper notification of the public is unacceptable.

I hope, as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, you can put a stop to

this and get answers as to why this decision was made, who made it, and see

to it that the responsible party is properly reprimanded. Personally, I think

the appropriate action is that whoever approved this action be removed from

their position.

Sincerely,

Kevin Lawver

Sterling, VA

(I e-mailed McCain too)