Military wife accused in GOP voter fraud claim (in NV) speaks out

[Roland99]

https://news3lv.com/news/local/military-spouse-accused-in-gop-claim-of-voter-fraud-speaks-out

"We are also confident that there are thousands of people whose votes have been counted that have moved out of Clark County during the pandemic,” said Adam Laxalt, Nevada’s former Attorney General and Co-Chair of the Trump Re-Election campaign.

...

"My husband and I have both been accused of fraud,” said Amy Rose. “We take our duties as citizens very seriously, and it’s just a shock to see that this accusation had been made without any basis in fact."

Rose, a former ACLU lawyer and eight-year Henderson resident, now lives in Davis, California. Her family moved two years ago as her husband, a major in the Air Force, chases his PhD in aerospace engineering. His schooling is paid for by the Air Force.

According to Rose, if you are in a state on orders for the military, families don’t have to change their residency. She says she and her husband's ability to vote in their home state is a state and federal process that families secure with the county registrar.

republican "respect" for the military is, at best, lip service.

[exboyfil]

1. They sure picked the wrong family to poke

A former ACLU lawyer and an Air Force major getting his PhD. Let's see if they would like to star in an ad.

[COL Mustard]

16. The Wife Might, But I Doubt The Major Would

He wouldn't want to be in any type of video referencing his official capacity, nor should he be asked.

[exboyfil]

17. Good point

It is very important that our military not be seen to take sides in political differences. Civilian oversight of the military is a bedrock principle that should never be compromised. In theory he could appear in civilian clothes and not reference his duty status like any other citizen, but it would be too much to ask.

[Mr.Bill]

28. The fact that he voted

is not taking sides in political matters.

[tinymontgomery]

33. As long as he is not in uniform

I think he is good to go about his situation.

[DURHAM D]

2. Yep. A member of my family who is in the military

still votes in his home state even though he has not lived there for over 30 years.

[hlthe2b]

7. Military families throughout the country maintain their original home domicile when assigned or

deployed elsewhere. Should they get stopped for not having state vehicle tags, all they have to do is show their military id.

This is not new. It is not an isolated situation. It is law.

[wnylib]

8. Yep. My brother was career Navy.

His wife was (retired now) a hairdresser. She could use her hairdressing license any place they were sent to. Just had to renew it when due, in her home state where it was originally issued.

[hlthe2b]

9. Illustrative of problems coming from fewer and fewer Americans with connection to the military...

which I would bet is behind the ignorance of his election lawyers and everyone in the WH.

[exboyfil]

3. I wish some reporter would ask how

Trump can establish residency in Florida to vote when he was elected to President while a resident of NYC. In the military you have the choice of claiming your residency at induction or at any location in which you lived during your time in the military. Trump lives in the WH. It is his primary residence. He is more than welcome to change his voter residency to DC (or continue to vote in NYC).

[TigressDem]

6. I guess because tRump "LIVES" on the "Golf Course" he can claim Mar Lago as a residence.

EVEN THOUGH he pays taxes on it as a Business. SHADY to be sure. HIS vote is certainly more suspect than the military votes he is disrespecting.


https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/mar-a-lago-is-taxed-as-a-private-club-not-a-residence-so-can-trump/article_690a5d51-c456-5df2-827e-240c5b1c50af.html

[Tanuki]

4. My late father was a 20-year US Army veteran, and I know that he

maintained a legal West Virginia voting address all that time despite living in the South Pacific, Germany, Japan, Panama, and various stateside assignments. I thought this sort of thing was common knowledge, but I suppose a leader like Trump is so unfamiliar with military service and what it entails that it strikes him as fishy and in any event only done by "losers and chumps".

[TigressDem]

5. The real problem is STUPID. The REICH Wing does NOT KNOW the ACTUAL Process.

People at the TOP do, but they are intimating that PERFECTLY LEGAL ways of VOTING are NEFARIOUS.

In one way, it makes sense that you vote in the state you live in, but if there is a legal exception for military and they follow that process, explanation should be made and then folks should LAY OFF. Geeze.

Accusations are being made by figurative FLAME THROWER and even if they are FALSE, the damage is done.

[moose65]

15. You know, that is so true

Throughout all of this, many Republicans have acted like you can just print a ballot online and copy it 1,000 times, then send it by mail and all of them are counted. They have no idea how many safeguards are in place to prevent stuff like that.

In my very small county (fewer than 60,000 people total), during the primary there were two ballots that were stuck together. At the end of the day, the number of ballots given out didn't match the number of people who had voted, so they opened the machine and found the extra, unmarked ballot and took it out. Little things like that happen all the time, and their is a process for dealing with it. There's no fraud or dirty tricks. Those who administer elections know what they're doing.

[ffr]

10. K&R

And thanks to people like them, our volunteer armed services works for all of us.

[paleotn]

11. It's always been lip service....

Like the morons with yellow ribbons during the W years. Tell you what. If you really love the troops, how about NOT sending them to risk and possibly lose their lives on a fools errand? Just a thought.

The military and those who serve are just political pawns to these scum bags. I hate these people. I hate them with the heat of a thousand suns.

[LiberalArkie]

12. People who do technical service work maintain their old home town address for their mail

and other needs. I used to travel for work and had to have an address for insurance, really everything. I would get home every year or so. It is pretty damn common.

[Ligyron]

13. I read this as a Military wife who's a GOP voter was being accused of committing voter fraud.

Guess I assumed a Military wife would support the GOP and also be willing to commit voter fraud, lol.

Oh well, so much for tradition.

[djacq]

14. This is True for CONUS and Overseas Assignments.

My wife and I voted as a California resident while at

Andrews AFB, MD

[iluvtennis]

18. I was in Air Force stationed in Dayton, OH and my official state of residence was California.

I always voted absentee for California, so I can validate what this military wife says.

[barbtries]

19. what a reach.

if they could prove they also voted in CA they might have a case, but this is pathetic.

[Escurumbele]

20. "republican "respect" for the military is, at best, lip service."

It is as good as their religious beliefs, ZERO. They use religion, the military, family values, abortion, etc. as a tool for the weak of mind, but they don't believe on any of it. I would like for someone to conduct an investigation on republican abortions, I can safely bet there are many more than from Democrats or any other group.

Hypocrites...

[liberal N proud]

21. That's their basis for fraud? Military stationed away from home?

That is not only weak, but disrespectful to all military families

[Woodwizard]

22. It has always been that way.

When I was stationed in Hawaii my absentee ballot was from my native NY. What a bunch of petty losers.

[lame54]

23. "without any basis in fact."...

She just described Trump's and Rudy's claims

[MrModerate]

24. This is absolutely true. Similarly...

If you're resident in a foreign country on a given day, you're eligible to vote (by mail) at the precinct that is your home of record in the states. These things are not new, it's just that Republicans are so desperate.

[Baked Potato]

25. When I was still in, it was called HOR, Home of Record.

It’s usually the state where you entered service and the state you will be paid to return to when you get out (ETS). You can change your HOR while in the service, It is not even close to Rocket Science lol.

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Not only is their "respect" merely "lip service,"

but they don't bother to do even the most cursory research. The laws surrounding that particular situation Ms Rose described can't possibly be so arcane and dense that it can't be found.

They also chose a rather poor would-be victim, although I guess you can't really expect them to dig into a specific target before they start painting in broad strokes. Googling is hard. A former ACLU lawyer. I wonder if someone with that on their CV would know their rights and obligations? Ya think?

[marie999]

27. I was living in Massachusetts when I enlisted in the army.

For four years I paid it my state income tax.

[Leith]

29. Adam Laxalt is a venomous snake in the grass

He has ridden his grandfather's name (former governor and senator Paul Laxalt) since he was born. He is stupid for hire to any rethug, nothing more.

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. The bottom line is to not vote in 2 places

If their permanent residence is in NV, they can still vote in NV. Trump's permanent residence is in FL, even though he's currently in DC most of the time.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

31. The established rule for absentee military families is at least 50 years.

My favorite elementary teacher 50 years ago was a navy wife. They lived off-base near me. They had lived around on Navy bases. I asked one day why her license plate was still from the DC area. I was interested in government then and was curious. She explained to me that they expected after two or three years her husband would be transferred back to Washington where he would finish his career. Nope. He retired from Great Lakes her after 25 years. They never became Illinois voters. Never got Illinois license plates. Never voted here.

Thanks to citizens like Amy Rose for her and her husband's service. Apologies for the idiots who have no clue. And Dumpster Donnie is at the top of that list.

[Blue Owl]

32. K&R